Are we EVER going to get an iPhone app for the Omnipod5? This has been promised for over a year, and I’m really getting tired of waiting for it. Carrying around the PDM as well as my work and personal phones is getting ridiculous. With all of the technology breakthroughs out there in the world, this seems pretty simple to me and Insulet doesn’t seem to care about the inconvenience to us. Does anyone have any new information on if/when the promised iPhone app is actually going to grace our presence?
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Not sure this counts as new information, but when I did an OM5 training a few months ago, my trainer told me they had an iOS version on Long Island. Maybe there are regulatory approvals in the works? Maybe it’s time to rent an Airbnb on Long Island and get an endocrine appointment there?
Not sure if this counts as new info but insulets website says the app will begin a Limited Market Release early summer 2024. So hopefully a couple months away??
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No new info here. I was on the phone recently with tech support and they don’t know anything specific about the release date.
Just saw this on Insulet’s iPhone app page.
For those of us who would like to use the app and ditch our controller it might be a good idea to hold off on updating to IOS 18 next week. Plus do not upgrade to a iphone16 for a few months at least.
So hopefully mid October ???
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Wow, @Josie, I thought it had be released US-wide if not World-wide! I really disliked having to carry the PDM for Dash and Dexcom, plus a phone. I did so for the briefest of times possible. I’ve resolved to take them on vacation trips as back-ups only. Another reason I’m biased against Omni 5 that I’d forgotten about! I know some don’t mind having two+ devices, but I recall in the military having to carry a relatively large multi-freq radio with beeper capability, a separate beeper (don’t ask why both, no sense to me)…it was a real drag to go to the local movie theater or try to take the family out to dinner and have all of those things go off with-in seconds of each other! Thank God it was only for a couple years and pre-T1 dx!
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I wish the OP5 PDM was as lightweight as the Dash. I haven’t weighed them but the 5 feels much heavier/bulk. My fanny pack will get lighter mid October lol.
I actually miss my Dexcom receiver. It looks like a receiver will never be compatible with OP5. I found it much more reliable than my iPhone.
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