# Dexcom direct to Apple Watch

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dexcom-direct-to-apple-watch/2061>\
**Category:** C/GM\
**Tags:** dexcom, ios\
**Created:** [September 19, 2017, 9:54am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dexcom-direct-to-apple-watch/2061 "2017-09-19T09:54:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 5

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**Author:** ![Jason99](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/jason99/32/8079_2.png) [@Jason99](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Jason99)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 3:33am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dexcom-direct-to-apple-watch/2061/81 "2020-05-02T03:33:34Z")

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Listen to the interview. He states very clearly why this won’t happen anytime soon. Having to idiot proof the system is another challenge

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**Author:** ![Trying](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/trying/32/4078_2.png) [@Trying](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Trying)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 4:14pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dexcom-direct-to-apple-watch/2061/82 "2020-05-02T16:14:10Z")

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It’s been standalone in android wear watches for several years now, integrated with xdrip+. It is straight forward to develop.

I seem to recall seeing an interview of the Dexcom CEO where he was actually wearing an Apple watch which was running a standalone app, communicating directly with the transmitter. This was about a year ago. He said it wasn’t yet available at the time.

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**Author:** ![ned](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/848f3c/32.png) [@ned](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ned)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dexcom-direct-to-apple-watch/2061/83 "2020-05-02T16:30:26Z")

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Heck, I’d be pretty happy if the Dexcom complication on the watch face always showed my BG instead of showing “- - -“ half the time.

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**Author:** ![Jason99](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/jason99/32/8079_2.png) [@Jason99](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Jason99)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dexcom-direct-to-apple-watch/2061/84 "2020-05-02T17:43:00Z")

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That’s an Apple restriction not a Dexcom problem. Apple only allows third party apps to update info on the watch face 50 times per charge to 100%. Dexcom reads the bg every 5 minutes, after a few hours that 50 update limit is reached.

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