Healthy Together

Healthy Together is a proprietary COVID-19 contact tracing app and service used for digital contact tracing available in Utah, United States of America.[1] It was first launched in April, and became operational on June 30, 2020.[2]

Healthy Together
Developer(s)Twenty Labs, LLC
Operating systemAndroid, iOS
Size42 MB (Android)
LicenseClosed-source Proprietary Freeware
Websitehealthytogether.io

Development

Utah paid over $2.75 million for development of the app. They were offered a similar app called "Distancing" for free the following week. Distancing does not ask health screening questions, while Healthy Together has a health screening quiz. Another difference is that Healthy Together did not use Bluetooth features, and governor's office later sought to add features like indoor geolocation to Healthy Together.[3] The delays in adding geolocation capability delayed release of the app longer than expected. The app has been more difficult to use effectively as transmission rates have gone up in Utah.[2]

Healthy Together does not use the Google/Apple API for contract-tracing and exposure notification. Healthy Together is currently used only in Utah, but has plans to expand to other states and enterprise customers.[4]

Privacy

Until July 9, 2020, Healthy Together collected location data from its users as an opt-in feature.[5] [6]

References
  1. "New Contact Tracing Apps Need Access To Users' Private Data To Control Spread Of COVID-19". July 1, 2020.
  2. Spiewak, Jim (June 29, 2020). "Contact tracing through Healthy Together App now fully functional". KUTV.
  3. Harrison, McKenzie Stauffer, Arielle (May 12, 2020). "Report: Utah offered free contact tracing app days after multi-million dollar deal". KUTV.
  4. "Demonstrating 15 contact tracing and other tools built to mitigate the impact of COVID-19".
  5. "Utah to disable location tracking in 'Healthy Together' COVID-19 app". KSTU. 2020-07-09. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  6. Keeping the Workplace Safe with Contact Tracing during the COVID-19 Pandemic


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