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The aim of using contact tracing apps is to rapidly notify people about their possible exposure to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and thus make the process of TITQ more efficient, especially upon exposure in public places. We evaluated the Norwegian Google Apple exposure notification (GAEN)-based contact tracing app Smittestopp v2 under relevant \u201creal-life\u201d test scenarios. We used a total of 40 devices, representing six different brands, and compared two different exposure configurations, experimented with different time thresholds and weights of the Bluetooth attenuation levels (buckets), and calculated the true notification rates among close contacts (\u22642 m and \u226515 min) and false notification of sporadic contacts. In addition, we assessed the impact of using different operating systems and locations of the phone (hand\/pocket). The best configuration tested to trigger exposure notification resulted in the correct notification of 80% of the true close contacts and incorrect notification of 34% of the sporadic contacts. Among those who incorrectly received notifications, most (67%) were within 2 m but the duration of contact was &amp;lt;15 min and thus they were not,\n                    <jats:italic>per se<\/jats:italic>\n                    , considered as \u201cclose contacts.\u201d Lower sensitivity was observed when using the iOS operating systems or carrying the phone in the pocket instead of in the hand. 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