FreeStyle Libre 3 - GB

I’ve been on the freestyle Libre for about 5 years moved to the 3 plus last year. All of a sudden the app isn’t working. I started a new sensor for notification that it was ready went to use it and it said scan sensor. I was so confused. I tapped the sensor again and did the same after about 20 times of doing this, I went to check if it needed an update. It did (also strange as I have auto updates on so this should have happened automatically) update still didn’t work. Restarted my phone twice nothing. I’ve now lost a brand new sensor that o hadn’t even used yet because it bugged out. It’s the weekend and I now have to wait for a replacement to be sent out as the doctors won’t give me another one Monday as I’ve had my 2 for the month. I’m really annoyed. I’m used to sensors falling off but this is crazy. I’m now trying to get back into the app and the app is just crashing. I try to open it, it half opens and then just closes. So I may not even be able to use a new sensor when one arrives.

i have had The Libra sensors since it has come out I currently am using the Libre 3 sensor which is a big improvement on the labra to system, though I am waiting for the new update to come through to be able to read smart insulin pen dosages libra currently is better than the decks.,com as the Libre system is more accurate gives you minute by minute readings and is smaller than decks com however I do agree, libra are missing out on some features such as readings being seen on an Apple Watch and would be good if The warm up time was improved from one hour to 30 minutes. Also it would be good. you could glance at your lock screen and have the reading there instead of unlocking your phone in order to Open the app up and see what is going on Abbott is rather slow at keeping software up to date. Still having issues with the app. Could you improve on keeping the app up to date as the current software is not compatible on the iPhone 16 pro max. That’s in regards to the Libre 3

Unless Abbott spend the time & energy on improving this app, Dexcom will win. Which is a shame because as a physical device, the Libre 3 is excellent, so small and compact, easy to apply etc. But the app is really severely lacking. When I used the 2, Abbott made the api available such that 3rd party apps could be developed. Use a 2 with the app Shuggah for example, it’s incredible. Indeed I am very likely to revert to the 2 instead of the 3 for this very reason (Shuggah can’t support the 3 because there is no api). Shuggah (amongst a million things it does so well) allows a custom alarm high vs low, so you can tell without looking at your phone what the alarm is for. Shuggah uses icon notification (like your email or whatsapp) so you can see your blood glucose reading without opening the app at all. Shuggah writes to your calendar, so your watch can receive your glucose level in real-time. Everything amazing that the open source community working for free has achieved with Shuggah and other 3rd party apps, the official 2 and 3 apps do not do or even attempt to do.