Quote from: The Werewolf on October 11, 2023, 19:38:00This is a bit misleading.
The Apple Watch itself is not monitoring glucose, there's a watch app that can pair with a Freestyle Libre sensor that is worn on the skin and that's the part that does the monitoring. The watch is just displaying the results in realtime.
The Libre also works with Android and iOS phones and tablets.
As well, the Supersapiens app isn't actually made by Abbott Pharmaceuticals, who make the Freestyle Libre. It's a third party app maker who focuses on Apple and Garmin support for people who exercise a lot like athletes.
The reason this is important is because Apple and other companies are looking to find a way to monitor blood glucose in real time directly, without a skin puncture (the Freestyle Libre patch actually does puncture the skin), so this article suggests Apple succeeded in doing this when in fact, it hasn't.
I don't think the article anywhere suggests that the Apple Watch is the one doing the monitoring. Neither does it say the Supersapiens app is made by Abbott.