COVID-19 exposure notification app
Covid Watch Arizona
Jacks, let’s axe COVID together. Download Covid Watch Arizona, our new, anonymous exposure notification app, to help stop the spread of COVID-19 on campus with your phone.
Help keep campus safe with Covid Watch Arizona
Let’s help keep it that way with Covid Watch Arizona, our new COVID-19 exposure notification app for iOS and Android devices. It’s free to download and easy to set up.
Download Covid Watch Arizona
Get the app on Google Play by searching for “CovidWatch.” Or download it from the App Store by searching for “Covid Watch Arizona.”
Set up the app
Select Northern Arizona University as your region, review the setup screens, and enable your phone’s Bluetooth—that’s it.
Share the app with others
Covid Watch Arizona is more effective the more people on campus download it. Ask other Jacks to download it, too.
Know if you’ve been exposed
When Covid Watch Arizona users are near each other, the app uses private Bluetooth signals to determine how long and how close those phones were together.
If a Covid Watch Arizona user tests positive for COVID-19 from Campus Health Services or with saliva testing, they will receive a random verification code that they can enter into the app. Once that verified code is entered into the app, Covid Watch Arizona will send exposure notifications only to other app users that were close enough and long enough to be at risk for COVID-19.
If you receive an exposure notification, you’ll see your risk score in your in-app dashboard and next steps to take, which may range from monitoring your health to contacting Campus Health Services for a COVID-19 test.
Designed with your privacy in mind
Covid Watch Arizona is powered by Apple’s and Google’s jointly developed Exposure Notifications System, which was designed to protect user privacy. That means Covid Watch Arizona does not track your location, access your contacts, or store or use any personal information. Instead, the app uses random, anonymous Bluetooth signals to determine how long and how close Covid Watch Arizona app users were together.
Secure and private
Randomized Bluetooth signals help measure and determine your potential exposure risk. The signals do not carry personally identifying information and their location is never tracked.
Anonymous notifications
Exposure notifications do not use or send any personally identifying information. Only the date and time of the potential exposure is logged.
What you need to know before you download
Before downloading Covid Watch Arizona, make sure your phone can support the app and is up to date with the latest OS available:
- iPhone: Model 6S and newer with iOS version 13.6 or above installed
- Android: Any smartphone that supports Bluetooth Low Energy and has Android Version 6 (API 23) or above installed
Get answers to Covid Watch Arizona FAQs
You’ve been asking great questions about Covid Watch Arizona, and we have answers for you. Check out the most frequently asked questions for more information before you download.