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Sorry if this has been asked before... can the libre be used with an andoid watch? (Sony2-3 or similar)?

Thanks for all the info!! So much on here keep it up everyone!

 

Sony Smartwatch 3 can be used with Glimp and Libre Alarm apps after some hacks are applied. I think for the time being this is the only watch which can be made to work.

 

i like the idea of having it hands free... im a nightmare for loosing things... thought if the watch was attached to me id have a better chance lol

 

Is there a link or an idiots guide to setting it up on a sony watch?

 

Here's the link:
https://github.com/pimpimmi/LibreAlarm/wiki

It involves hacking a sony smartwatch to switch on nfc so it can read the sensor, and then the watch sends results to a phone. The watch becomes a transmitter like dexcom. So it needs to be worn over the sensor, not on your wrist.

 

Ahhh right thanks so i cant just use the watch to take readings instead of on the phone? Was hoping with an android watch with nfc i could use the app? Or am I making it too simple lol??

 

Yes you can use the watch as a stand alone device on the wrist. Hold the watch very near Libre sensor for a second and you'll get the current BG reading and the previous 8 hours on a graph.

 

And can this be done with the standard libre or glimp app? Just ordered my starter pack! Cant wait to get stuck in

 

Standard Glimp app but you do need to hack the watch. I don't think the Libre app will work on the watch.

 

Surprised they are not a bit more tech savy... arn't apps made by kids nowdays lol... would have thought a smart watch app would have been an easy addition for a tech based product???

Thanks again for the info!!

Anyone actually used an android watch like this? I feel im gonna need an idiot guide

 

Sorry, I think we were taking at cross purposes there! The link to the LibreAlarm I gave earlier was for a way of getting the libre to alarm when sugars go out of range, which is the one big thing mising from libre compared to dexcom, whereas I see now that what you're thinking of is not really an alert as such but just being able to scan with the watch instead of the reader or phone.Will have to pass on that one as I'm not a techy.

My recollection from reading about LibreAlarm was that the developer figured out that Sony had put an nfc aerial in the Smartwatch and then for whatever commercial reasons didn't decide to go ahead with it, hence the hacking required to actually switch it on.

I see now from a quick google that there's quite a few more android watches with nfc available than was the case when the LibreAlarm developer came up with the Smartwatch hack. Whethere there's any apps which work on those, I don't know.

 

Ahh right... still trying to get my head around all the abbreviations and the lingo lol!! Found an excellent facebook group called libre geeks... so much info on using the sony watch... hopefully im going to find the answers i need

Appreciate the help!!