There’s no way to directly monitor blood sugar from an Apple Watch yet, but if you have the right hardware on your body, there’s a step in the right direction.
Health wearables are great for helping us get off our proverbial and encourage some activity, and they’re growing in extra uses, as well.
We’ve seen temperature tracking used for monitoring and diagnosing illness, and have seen first hand the accuracy differences between an SpO2 blood pulse oximeter in an Apple Watch versus an ambulance.
Even though the jury is still out on whether stress monitoring is actually working, one feature we’re yet to see is actual diabetes monitoring, a technology that typically requires the blood to be checked, not just monitored from the skin.
Diabetes monitor maker Dexcom has chimed in with news that its wearable monitor now technically talks to an Apple Watch, provided you’re using its G7 Continuous Glucose Monitoring system.
The gadget is a wearable monitor that you keep on your body, and provides real-time glucose reads directly to both the iPhone and an Apple Watch, but with an integration in the former, can mean the information is always available on the wrist even without having a phone nearby.
While the Apple Watch requires an iPhone for setup, you can walk around without an iPhone and track glucose level in real-time while wearing an Apple Watch, an evolution on the app approach to monitoring diabetes we’ve seen prior.
“The launch of the Dexcom G7 integration with Apple Watch marks an exciting step forward for Aussies living with diabetes,” said Samy Saad, Senior Managing Director, for Dexcom in Australia and New Zealand.
“This milestone with leading smartwatch technology brings greater convenience, discretion, and flexibility to support people in managing their glucose levels,” he said.
The technology is available now, and according to the company, technically works in people aged two and older.
