An update on the microG implementation :
There has been a lot of discussion around this. There are a lot of users who have strongly protested against even the disabled by default implementation.
Having said that it is also understood that the covid-framework is required for phones today.
I have personally experienced this.
To give a bit of context my father passed away last wednesday… he was 84 and died of a heart attack. As such I had to travel to my home state of Kerala which is around 2000 kms away from Mumbai where I stay. I am updating this post from Kerala and will be here till tuesday of coming week. As of today In India all travel by air or train requires the covid check app. The app has to be installed and running with a self health assessment and it should give you the ‘all ok’ status to travel.
I had to show this first thing at the airport before they even let me enter…this when I had a confirmed ticket for the flight!
Long story short since the app does not run on our ROM I had to use a phone running stock.
For the implementation in /e/ I had given a date of this week which has not happened. The reason is there has been a rethink after all the backlash . We are coming out with a modified implantation even better than the ‘disabled by default option’. I know I am talking in riddles here which is irritating but hold on till next week as I would be in a better position to share more details of this improved implementation.