Ok. Thank you!
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Does you son have a phone? My son makes great use of an Apple Watch, but it does need to be in range of the phone. Even an old Apple Watch will work really well to move his blood sugar to his wrist whenever he looks at his watch. And Welcome to FUD!
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No he doesn’t have a phone. I was hoping to find something that he could wear and not have the constant worry of where he set down a phone… 
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Unfortunately, the walled garden of Apple is somewhat problematic on this front. They have promised direct connection to an Apple Watch for years, but because of battery concerns this is vaporware. All that really leaves is something like the Bluejay, or some older Sony watches that you can load the whole Android system on. Sorry, we like you, have wanted this functionality for years.
Yes, it sure would be nice. Thank you for your help and concern. Any tidbits you have to pass along I would appreciate it.
My son is 8, how about your child?
My son is currently 18, but he was diagnosed at 12, so we have been doing this for a bit. If you have any sports questions, my son played Soccer, ran Cross-country, and played varsity Baseball. So lots of learning how to manage sports and diabetes. Diabetes camp was a game changer (in a good way) for my son, I would encourage you to enroll him in a summer program when he is old enough.
Ok. Thanks for the tips!
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Hi just came across that you use the the sw3 as standalone collector. Can you share how you set it up. When I set mine up with forced collector it stopped collecting on phone and watch.
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Avi, Yes I have been using the Sony Smartwatch 3, model SWR50, for about 4 years. I started with the Dexcom G5 and now for the last year with the G6. I have always used the watch as the standalone Dexcom data collector. The xDrip Plus app must be used with an Android phone. I have always followed the original setup given on the Nightscout web page. Also I found that an older version of the Wear OS must be used. I have been using version 2.13.0.199332 with a release date of 6/27/2018. I had problems with the newer versions of the Wear OS.
The watch works as a standalone data collector always showing the Dexcom values every 5 minutes. It also relays the data to my smartphone with the phone is in range. The watch has a very large memory so it can hold a couple days of data without any downloads. When the phone is in range it also speaks and shows the value at the same time that the watch gets the data.
The main thing to remember is that the xDrip application must be installed on the phone before the Wear OS is downloaded into the watch.
I have discovered just recently the watch also has another Dexcom transmitter troubleshooting feature. The Dexcom G6 transmitter has two Bluetooth ports. One port is dedicated to the Dexcom receiver. I have had a defective Dexcom transmitter that had the Dexcom receiver port fail but the smart port still worked. Dexcom promptly replaced that transmitter. A few weeks ago my watch battery charge started to have less than 10% charge left after only about 10 hours of operation. It normally has over 50% charge left after 16 hours of operation. After working like this for about another week all signal was lost from the Dexcom smart port, the receiver port still transmitted the data. I replaced the transmitter and the watch showing data and back to the 50% charge after 16 hours. Again Dexcom acknowledged the problem and replaced the transmitter. I am researching the reason for the reduced battery charge with the defective transmitter.
Let me know if I can help with any additional information. I know there are others that are also using the SWR50 watch as a standalone collector.
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Avi, One thing I forgot to mention. Make sure when you set up the watch as the standalone collector that the smartphone is not paired with the Dexcom transmitter, only the SWR50, smartwatch 3. If the phone is paired with the transmitter there will be a conflict with the watch and phone.
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