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iOS 17 and Freestyle Libre

Rachox

Rachox

Oracle
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Is there anyone more techie than me that knows how the new features of iOS 17 might impact the Libre Link app? Or are Abbott pre-empting trouble following the app update fiasco a month or so ago?

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Hi,

Maybe of help to someone? I do use an Android phone.
However, I do have LibreLinkUp app my iPad mini 6, as a folower….

The recent IOS 17 iPad version bringing some of the “phone stuff to the table? update hasn’t affected this function. After the update that seemed to take ages to process, (allow yourself some time.) I was expecting having to log back into accounts… But this wasn’t the case on the iPad.

Having said that, it would be prudent to wait & find out other iPhone users experience, before proceeding with the update…

Good luck!
 
Rachox said:
Have you updated your phone yet?
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I have updated to iOS 17. The warning from Abbott is poorly phrased. LibreLink works as before, as does Shuggah. What the warning could have said is that alarms will not sound if StandBy or Assistive Access Modes are switched on, i.e. do not use them.

If you use Shuggah you will have to re-select your calendar to send readings to a watch.
 
Mike88 said:
I have updated to iOS 17. The warning from Abbott is poorly phrased. LibreLink works as before, as does Shuggah. What the warning could have said is that alarms will not sound if StandBy or Assistive Access Modes are switched on, i.e. do not use them.

If you use Shuggah you will have to re-select your calendar to send readings to a watch.
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I braved the update yesterday after getting the email from Abbott, which as you say was not the clearest. Once the update was complete, I immediately checked that Standby and Assistive Access were disabled. Libre Link is working fine. I used Shuggah for a few days when the Libre Link update failed, but I have never got it to work alongside the Libre app, which is a shame as I loved seeing sugar levels on my Apple Watch.
 
May I respectfully suggest you quickly upgrade to 17.0.1

There is a security issue also (not libra but the 17.0 update itself.)

Kind regards JoMar

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Ah I just looked must have Auto downloaded last night ..doh , thanks I wouldn’t have known , I m a bit of a dinosaur when comes to fones ,
 
It’s now over 2 weeks since Abbott Freestyle put out their recommendation for users on iPhone not to upgrade to iOS 17 due to comparability issues, saying “While our teams work quickly to verify and confirm compatibility, we recommend you disable automatic operating system updates on your smartphone.” Do we know if there has been any progress on this? I am now at least two iOS sub-releases behind the curve, and worrying what other security updates for the rest of iOS I might be falling behind on.
 
@ceemage , I updated to iOS17 and the two smaller updates since. I disabled the two features that were said might cause problems (stand by and assistive access modes), and I have had no problems with the Libre app. I’m on an iPhone 14 pro if that makes a difference.
 
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