Aarogya Setu will be pre-installed in new phones, registration mandatory: Report

The government’s COVID-19 tracking app, Aarogya Setu, has been making headlines for both good and controversial reasons. Earlier this week, all central government employees were asked to download the Aarogya Setu app and come to office only when the app shows them ‘safe’ status. Now a new report has claimed that the Arogya Setu app will come pre-installed on all new smartphones. Not only this, another report claims that this app will be pre-installed in such a way that the user will have to register himself for Arogya Setu before setting up the new phone.

One of Mint Report Citing two sources familiar with the matter, it has been reported that the Aarogya Setu app may soon be pre-installed on new phones by default. The government has reportedly already asked smartphone companies to ship their phones with COVID-19 tracking apps, but with smartphone production already on hold due to the ongoing health crisis, this is yet to be implemented. Can’t come. Now if lockdown restrictions are eased and smartphone companies resume production, the Aarogya Setu app could potentially come pre-installed on all new phones.

The government is looking to go a step further to ensure that as many people as possible get connected to the Aarogya Setu app. One of News18 Report According to , users will soon have to mandatorily register on the Aarogya Setu app when setting up their phones for the first time. The move will be implemented for all phones sold in the country once smartphone sales begin in the country.

To ensure that this directive is followed at all costs, the government will reportedly appoint nodal agencies to work with smartphone companies and ensure that the Aarogya Setu app is installed on phones in such a way that registration Do not be able to proceed without leaving the user skin of the process.