{"id":116426,"date":"2020-12-15T12:21:30","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T12:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=116426"},"modified":"2020-12-15T12:21:30","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T12:21:30","slug":"covid-19-notifications-feature-available-to-old-iphones-with-ios-12-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/uncategorized\/covid-19-notifications-feature-available-to-old-iphones-with-ios-12-5\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 Notifications Feature Available to “Old” iPhones with iOS 12.5"},"content":{"rendered":"
Apple has released a new software update for older iPhone models that do not support iOS 14.\u00a0This software update, named “iOS 12.5”, brings the COVID-19 exposure notification feature, which is available with iOS 14, to models such as iPhone 6.<\/span><\/div>\n
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US-based technology giant Apple has decided to develop a special software as part of the COVID-19 outbreak.\u00a0This special algorithm, prepared as\u00a0”\u00a0<\/span>COVID-19 exposure notification<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0“, helped users to maintain social distance and thus control the epidemic.\u00a0This feature, which can be used in new generation iPhone models, can now\u00a0be experienced by users on\u00a0<\/span>older iPhone<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0models.<\/span><\/p>\n

Apple has released a new software update for popular models such as iPhone 6 that do not support iOS 14.\u00a0This software update, called\u00a0<\/span>“iOS 12.5<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0“, was basically designed in relation to the COVID-19 outbreak.\u00a0The company, which includes older model iPhone users in the COVID-19 exposure notification,\u00a0also brings\u00a0some\u00a0<\/span>security improvements<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0to users with this version.<\/span><\/p>\n

How does the COVID-19 exposure reporting work?<\/span><\/h2>\n

COVID-19 exposure notifications are a\u00a0<\/span>Bluetooth-based<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0service\u00a0, just like the HES application\u00a0.\u00a0The iPhone models, which constantly emit signals to the environment, warn users in situations where social distance is exceeded.\u00a0The algorithm, where users can add the COVID-19 test results voluntarily, makes the necessary warning in case of contact with a positive person and\u00a0<\/span>informs<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0the user exposed to COVID-19\u00a0.<\/span><\/p>\n

Apple does not provide\u00a0<\/span>detailed<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0information\u00a0about iOS 12.5, which it offers for iPhone models that do not support iOS 14\u00a0.\u00a0As we already mentioned at the beginning of our news, this version\u00a0<\/span>focuses<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0only on\u00a0COVID-19 and<\/strong>\u00a0allows users to be careful about the epidemic.\u00a0However, Apple states that the feature in question can be used if supported by local health units.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Apple has released a new software update for older iPhone models that do not support iOS 14.\u00a0This software update, named “iOS 12.5”, brings the COVID-19 exposure notification feature, which is available with iOS 14, to models such as iPhone 6. US-based technology giant Apple has decided to develop a special software as part of the […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10237,"featured_media":116427,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-116426","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10237"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}