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Apple and Google are in the planning stages of releasing a contact tracing app, which would allow people to anonymously track who has tested positive for COVID-19 and whether they鈥檝e come in contact with one another. The public, however, is split on if they鈥檒l even use the app when it's released.

In a , respondents were split fifty-fifty on whether they鈥檇 use a contact tracing app if one was made available. Of the 50 percent who said they鈥檇 use it, only 17 percent said they would definitely use it compared to 32 percent who said they鈥檇 probably use it. Of the 50 percent who said they wouldn鈥檛 use the app, 20 percent were certain they wouldn鈥檛 and 30 percent thought they probably wouldn鈥檛 use it.

Contact tracing has been touted as one of the only plans that would allow people in the U.S. to begin re-opening and end social distancing without causing further outbreaks. Experts suggest around 60 percent of the population would need to participate in contact tracing in order to stop the spread of the virus.

However, many are weary of surrounding companies having access to location data and health records, despite Google and Apple creating strict privacy guidelines around their contact tracing tools. Encrypted data and a plethora of safeguards are said to exist within these contact tracing tools, but with large data breaches occurring almost annually with top tech companies, many are still cautious.