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#2906593 25-Apr-2022 20:16

Guess most people that have given up on it (not adding manual entries still) and uninstalled won't notice

But update out to help fix BT notifications by looks.

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#2906819 26-Apr-2022 13:34

Oblivian: Guess most people that have given up on it (not adding manual entries still) and uninstalled won't notice

But update out to help fix BT notifications by looks.

I do like the new stats that show on the Dashboard focussing on BT. The daily totals show the value of people uploading their BT tracing codes (if test positive) as well as the number of contacts who are notified as a result of BT tracing. Based on what I've seen it tends to roughly average one case goes on to notify three people which is awesome given the minimal active use the app is getting now. Hopefully it discourages people who want to uninstall the app.

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#2938660 5-Jul-2022 22:26

Another update in the last few days foe BT alerting fixes

And then there was the media statement

https://www.health.govt.nz/news-media/news-items/nz-covid-tracer-app-evolving

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#2941192 12-Jul-2022 16:33

Well I sent my Bluetooth alerts off this morning after testing positive and completing the required paperwork

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#2941193 12-Jul-2022 16:50

The dashboard stats aren't looking as good as a few days after they abolished the requirement for QRs.

Even the notifications are down. 1.8M users isn't much of a dent.

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#2941260 12-Jul-2022 18:22

I have still been scanning QR codes where available and where not (now most places), entering details manually.

According to the Dashboard, scans are now down to ~4600/day and manual entries, ~3200/day !! That's for the whole country (vs ~1.8m Bluetooth users active/day).

Now wondering whether contact tracers (if any still working) are going to be remotely interested in the QR code scans. That is despite a Dashboard still saying that it is "useful to fill out past days in your diary, including days you stayed home".

Anyone know it I would even be asked for the QR code data if I did test positive?

Or if asked, or supplied anyway, whether the data would even be looked at?

Still have Bluetooth active.

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#2941264 12-Jul-2022 18:45

You can see from the earlier media release linked the tone has shifted. The focus when you self submit appears to be BT keys. And even those are low with sub 2000 alerts

I was still doing entries for a period after as a few customers wanted us to be able to share movement. But we're back to running around with assigned jobs rather than from home and slight changes in notification policies.

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#2941315 12-Jul-2022 19:02

I tested positive over the weekend. I uploaded my Bluetooth tracer app data.

My wife got an exposure notification from the app about 20 hours later. My 16yo son didn't receive any notification from the app.

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