Every number shows its age
A reading counts as current for 7 minutes. After that it says “Last known”, so an old number never looks new. At the sensor's limit it says LOW (below 40) or HIGH (above 400).
How it works
From your sensor to your Buddy's phone
Beet Buddy is being designed to read your glucose and show it to the Buddies you choose. It only ever reads: it never sends anything to your pump, your CGM or the Omnipod 5 app.
If you're the Beet
That's you if you live with type 1 diabetes and share your glucose. Here's how it's being designed to work.
Sign in
Beet Buddy is an Android app you sign in to with Google. It isn't available to download yet.
Connect your glucose
In the private test, Dexcom G7 readings reach Beet Buddy through the free xDrip+ app.
Invite your Buddies
Show your Beet Code in Settings, Buddies and sharing. Each Buddy enters it in their app, and you can remove a Buddy at any time.
Choose what to share
Insulin on board stays private until you turn it on, then you choose which Buddies see it.
If you're a Buddy
A partner, a parent, a friend: anyone your Beet chooses.
Link to your Beet
Sign in with Google, then tap Connect to a Beet in Settings, Shared access and enter their code. You only ever see glucose from a Beet who invites you.
Choose your alerts
Low and High alerts start off. Pick up to three of each in Settings, Glucose alerts. The No data alert is already on, after 20 minutes.
Test your alarm
Home lists anything that could stop an alarm, like Do Not Disturb or battery saving, with a button to fix each one. Then send yourself a test alarm.
Keep Dexcom Follow on
Beet Buddy is a companion to your Beet's own CGM alarms, never a replacement.
What happens on a low
As it's designed and tested so far.
The Buddy's Low alert goes off
Beet Buddy checks for a new reading every 5 to 15 minutes or so. If it's under the Buddy's Low number, the alert rings for up to 5 minutes, even on Do Not Disturb if they've allowed that. Phone settings can still silence it, and it can arrive a few minutes after the reading.
Low cards keep them posted
The Buddy sees “Low reading”, “Still low” or “Rising from low”, each with its time.
The Beet can answer in one tap
“Need help” rings on the Buddy's phone with the reading attached. “I’m okay, I’ve got it” says it's handled: if the Buddy's Low alert is already going off, for 20 minutes it comes as a normal notification instead of an alarm. Never at 55 or below, or if the reading keeps dropping.
The Buddy checks in
A call or a text, whatever the two of you have agreed. Beet Buddy never tells anyone what to do about a number, and it doesn't call anyone or contact emergency services. If you think someone's in danger, call your local emergency number.
What it's being designed to do
Built and tested privately so far. Details may change before a beta.
Alerts at your numbers
Up to three Low and three High numbers, with any sound. No snooze: an alert comes back at most every 30 minutes, up to 3 times.
Alarms through Do Not Disturb
When the Buddy allows it, with a test alarm to be sure.
A No data alert
On from the start, after 20 minutes, with a short note when readings are back.
Nudges
Need help in one tap for the Beet, kind messages like “Thinking of you” for Buddies, and a heart in reply.
The graph
3 to 24 hours with the 70 to 180 band, the last 7 days, and markers for Pod and Sensor changes, lows and Nudges.
Insulin on board, if you want
From Omnipod 5, only for the Buddies the Beet chooses, and marked Old after 12 minutes.
Pod and Sensor time left
Grace period included. New Pods are picked up from the Omnipod 5 app on their own.
Pixel Watch and widgets
A watch tile and complications, home-screen widgets and a charging screen saver, each showing how old the reading is.
Coming soon: Last 7 days, a weekly summary; Low check-ins, when a low isn't getting better.
What it leaves out, on purpose
It only reads
It never changes your pump, your CGM or the Omnipod 5 app, and never tells you what to do about a number.
Nothing to log
Readings, insulin on board and new Pods come in on their own.
No ads, no analytics
And bug reports you send stay on our own server.
Tested so far with Dexcom G7 and Omnipod 5 on Android. More in Help
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