Blog readers may recall that UCLA and other UC campuses have rolled out a smartphone app called Exposures Notifications.* The free app is supposed to notify you if you come in contact with others who have been exposed to, or infected by, the coronavirus. For it to work, lots of folks have to have it operating on their phones.
But there is a problem. Yours truly noticed that the app was draining his iPhone battery - a lot. A Google search revealed that this problem seems to be common. Apple's response so far is essentially maybe you should buy a new battery - i.e., not helpful.
Your truly shut down the app. Others will, too, as the problem becomes noticed. And if folks shut it down, it becomes useless. So a quick fix is needed.
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*https://www.uclahealth.org/ucla-to-join-pilot-program-for-californias-covid19-exposure-notification-tool
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