<s>
Coronavirus	B-Application
Australia	I-Application
was	O
an	O
app	B-Application
released	O
by	O
the	O
Australian	O
Government	O
designed	O
to	O
allow	O
users	O
to	O
access	O
information	O
about	O
the	O
COVID-19	O
pandemic	O
in	O
Australia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	B-Application
was	O
released	O
by	O
the	O
Department	O
of	O
Health	O
on	O
29	O
March	O
2020	O
,	O
and	O
decommissioned	O
two	O
years	O
later	O
on	O
31	O
August	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
its	O
lifetime	O
,	O
the	O
app	B-Application
was	O
downloaded	O
over	O
a	O
million	O
times	O
and	O
was	O
initially	O
ranked	O
first	O
in	O
the	O
Apple	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
's	O
"	O
Health	O
and	O
Fitness	O
"	O
category	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
short	O
development	O
period	O
of	O
two	O
weeks	O
,	O
the	O
app	B-Application
initially	O
served	O
primarily	O
as	O
an	O
aggregate	O
of	O
links	O
to	O
official	O
government	O
websites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
14	O
April	O
2020	O
a	O
separate	O
contact	O
tracing	O
app	B-Application
,	O
COVIDSafe	B-Application
,	O
was	O
announced	O
based	O
on	O
Singapore	O
's	O
TraceTogether	B-Application
app	B-Application
and	O
BlueTrace	B-Protocol
protocol	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
recruitment	O
house	O
Delv	O
Pty	O
Ltd	O
over	O
a	O
period	O
of	O
two	O
weeks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	B-Application
launched	O
on	O
29	O
March	O
2020	O
,	O
three	O
days	O
after	O
it	O
was	O
first	O
announced	O
publicly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
initially	O
rumoured	O
to	O
have	O
similar	O
functions	O
to	O
Singapore	O
's	O
open-source	B-License
TraceTogether	B-Application
app	B-Application
,	O
it	O
did	O
not	O
have	O
such	O
features	O
at	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
28	O
May	O
2020	O
release	O
completely	O
overhauled	O
the	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
,	O
moving	O
from	O
a	O
card	O
based	O
interface	O
with	O
a	O
navigation	O
drawer	O
,	O
to	O
a	O
tab	O
and	O
folder	O
based	O
one	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
replacement	O
of	O
the	O
drawer	O
with	O
tabs	O
on	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
the	O
two	O
apps	O
gained	O
a	O
consistent	O
navigation	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
a	O
custom	O
content	B-Protocol
management	I-Protocol
system	I-Protocol
has	O
been	O
introduced	O
,	O
allowing	O
for	O
the	O
embedding	O
of	O
native	O
articles	O
and	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
clinic	O
finder	O
was	O
built	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
Australian	O
Government	O
's	O
existing	O
HealthDirect	O
API	O
,	O
in	O
contrast	O
to	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
the	O
app	B-Application
which	O
uses	O
Firebase	B-General_Concept
Firestore	B-General_Concept
and	O
Remote	O
Config	O
to	O
fetch	O
dynamic	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
30	O
September	O
2020	O
,	O
the	O
contract	O
for	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
Coronavirus	B-Application
Australia	I-Application
app	B-Application
concluded	O
,	O
effectively	O
ending	O
major	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
app	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
historyVersionRelease	O
dateFeatures1.0.029	O
March	O
2020Initial	O
release1.0.130	O
March	O
2020Added	O
the	O
"	O
register	O
isolation	O
"	O
form1.0.29	O
April	O
2020Added	O
the	O
"	O
essential	O
information	O
"	O
tab	O
and	O
the	O
SBS	O
news	O
banner1.0.423	O
April	O
2020Added	O
video	O
content1.128	O
May	O
2020UI	O
overhaul	O
and	O
consistency	O
improvements	O
between	O
Android	B-Application
&	O
iOS1.49	O
July	O
2020Introduction	O
of	O
clinic	O
finder	O
and	O
restrictions	O
checker1.4.922	O
October	O
2020Minor	O
changes	O
to	O
notifications	O
to	O
improve	O
reliable	O
delivery	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Offline	O
mode	O
fixed	O
in	O
Android	B-Application
versions	O
-	O
now	O
displays	O
content	O
when	O
device	O
is	O
not	O
connected	O
to	O
the	O
internet	O
.	O
</s>
