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>Google and Apple need to get their act together though, and just provide a contact tracing framework as part of the OS that is compatible

That's exactly what they're doing.

The timeframe for the Apple-Google solution is unclear. I’ve seen “later this year” mentioned rather than days, weeks, or months.

I originally heard May, now it's being suggested that it's this week or next.

The official timeframe has been 'May' ever since the original announcement. First version of the API is now reported to be available on April 28th: