The German Corona Virus Android app has been forked to F-Droid to work on phones without Google services

Thanks to Alexander Goeres for posting about this on the MeWe Social network group for Coronavirus Info.

Many folks run phones without Google services (newer Huawei phones and custom ROM users) and the power of open source allows apps to be modified and re-used, so we have this app now able to work without any Google login or services required.

It also shows that apps requiring location and other data can indeed work without needing Google services, as the drop-in compatible microg implementation is used instead. If more app developers did this, we’d have more freedom for Android users.

See Corona Tracing | F-Droid – Free and Open Source Android App Repository

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