[Diabetes-Talk] Apple watch and G5

Fri Apr 7 20:35:04 UTC 2017

Ed, thanks for such a detailed response. I'm holding off. I'm still frustrated that for instance, the latest version of iOs has been out for ten days now and Dexcom still hasn't approved it yet. I'd like to have one of the things that this update fixes but it's not worth getting that annoying warning each time I go into the app. Oh well. But call me a luddite, but I still like a braille watch on my arm. It has to work significantly better to get my attention. <grin> But then, the truth, it's good that there are options to fit everyone's needs or life style. And of course, I'm smart enough to never say never. <grin> 
Jamie, have you experimented with choosing different sounds for various alarms? Before I turned them off altogether, I found that some of the scales got my attention better than the single dong sound that just got louder and louder. But those moving notes definitely worked for me. Of course, I wish we could insert our own. I guarantee you if my phone barked, it wouldn't be missed. <grin> I wish it were faster to turn them on or off. I found myself hitting alarm fatigue and turning them off really calmed me down.
Anyway, keep us posted as to what you end up doing. Good luck.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-Talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of ed worrell via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2017 7:42 AM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
Cc: ed worrell
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Apple watch and G5

Hello,

Yes, I have an Apple watch and I too am using the G5 mobile app. Here are my thoughts using it everyday:

1. The alerts are much less distracting as you can mute the sounds on the Apple Watch and it mutes the alerts on your phone, or atlas the first alert. If you let the G5 mobile app send you the alert again it will make the loud alarm sound from the phone. Kind of defeats the purpose, but not a deal breaker for me.

2. Checking your wrist for your BG is cool, but I found the watch complication to not work all of the time. At the point of it not working you have to grab your phone and open the G5 app anyway. To me personally still not a deal breaker.

3. This is the biggest annoyance to me. If you get an alert and dismiss it from the Apple Watch alert it does not dismiss it from the app on the iPhone. Thus you still have to grab the phone, open the app, and dismiss the alert from the screen.

I have found either way if you check your blood sugar in a meeting it does not matter which way you do it. The other people in the meeting still don’t understand. To me it’s more of a pick your poison. The watch is a tiny bit more discreet with the alerts, and the ability to check your blood sugar quickly, but it really isn’t any different as VoiceOver chatters on both my iPhone and my Apple Watch.

The big advantage to me is that my Apple Watch is a true fitness tracker. I track my steps, Heart Rate, and now my blood sugar, as well as the Apple activity goals. This was the real reason I got the Watch anyway. I hope this helps, and feel free to ask more questions.

Thanks,

Ed 

> On Apr 6, 2017, at 7:41 PM, Jamie Gurganus via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello friends!  Has anyone used the Apple watch with their G5 mobile app
> yet?  I was at our main office today for a meeting and talked with a
> colleague who uses a Dexcom.  She not only has the G5 mobile app, but she
> told me that I should get an Apple watch too.  It makes the notifications
> less distracting at work, but also enables her to feel the buzz of the watch
> easier than hearing her phone at times.  I especially have been missing
> alerts due to sleeping with my phone in the pocket of a pair of shorts,
> since I don't want to disturb my husband at night.  I also tend to miss
> alerts when in the grocery store or in the car.  I am thinking that wearing
> the watch is better than holding my phone in these situations .   Before I
> make this purchase, I just wanted to make sure it worked with the Voice Over
> as well as it does on the iPhone.  Thanks!
> 
> 
> 
>                                                                Jamie
> 
> 
> 
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