Google Health Partners with Abbott to Bring Real-Time Glucose Monitoring Through Lingo CGM

You'll soon be able to use Google Health to track your blood glucose in real time

The integration requires a paid Google Health Premium subscription. It'll be available later this year. Google's teaming up with pharmaceutical giant Abbott to bring continuous glucose monitor (CGM) support to the Google Health app. Starting this year, Abbott's Lingo CGM will be compatible with Google Health, letting users automatically import their glucose numbers into Google's system. The collaboration was announced today in a press release from Abbott. With a Lingo CGM paired with Google Health, users can get "AI-powered, personalized health guidance" that takes into account fluctuations in blood glucose levels. Abbott notes that metabolic health issues are alarmingly prevalent in modern society, citing CDC data that says more than 40% of American adults may meet the diagnostic threshold for prediabetes, and that most affected adults aren't aware of it. CGM integration in Google Health won't do anything to address the environmental factors causing these problems, but optimistically, it could help individual users make more informed decisions by highlighting correlations between blood glucose levels and nutrition, exercise, and sleep habits in near-real time. The partnership also includes "one of the largest real-world studies of its kind," which will incorporate data tracked by Google Health along with readings from Abbott's Lingo CGM, as well as lab and user survey data, to inform AI-based guidance in Google Health and Abbot's future products. AI medical advice seems like a dicey proposition, given LLMs' continued tendency to flub facts and figures. I'll be interested to see how the program holds up to regulatory scrutiny in the future. Lingo CGM integration will require access to the AI-powered Google Health Coach, which is available as part of the Google Health Premium subscription that costs $10 per month or $100 per year. Abbott says the integration will roll out later this year.

Abbott teams up with Google Health to improve Lingo

By combining glucose analytics from Abbott's Lingo wearable with Google's expertise in AI and consumer technology, this multi-year collaboration makes personalized metabolic data easier to act on, helping individuals take a more proactive approach to their health. Lingo, Abbott's over-the-counter continuous glucose monitor, helps users understand the impact of nutrition, activity, sleep, and stress on their blood sugar, so they can make meaningful lifestyle changes. Through the Google Health app, Lingo users will be able to view blood-sugar trends alongside other health and wellness metrics in a unified experience, helping them better understand how everyday behaviors influence overall well-being. Google's Health Coach will use this data to deliver personalized, contextual recommendations designed to help users build sustainable habits around nutrition, activity, sleep, and recovery. The partnership includes a large-scale study aimed at improving the artificial-intelligence (AI) coaching available in the Google Health app, as well as future Lingo features.