Libre 2 and Android 16 (Incompatible)

Little is said about the incompatibility of Android 16 and the freestyle application.What am I referring to?

Since late 2025 with the Android 16 update, updated phones started having continuous reading issues.The mobile connects and disconnects only from the sensor.Sometimes the disconnections last several minutes and other times several hours (which poses a danger when going to sleep).

According to Abbot, only the Google Pixel are compatible with Android 16 and the sensor.The rest nothing.

Overall, I spent €800 on a Samsung S25+ (which is now an ornament) to have to buy a €160 Motorola because it has Android 14 and works perfectly.

Has this situation happened to you?

Abbot has had this problem for more than five months and they have not solved anything.Of course, it doesn't take long to update the prices of their sensors on the Web.

My experience is just the opposite, I have a Samsung A55 with Android 16 that is almost two years old now and I have not had any connection problems with the Libre 2. What's more, I bought it to replace a Xiaomi that had a bad habit of disconnecting from the sensor.I also have it connected to a Watch 7 and through GlucoDataHandler I always have the glucose reading on the watch without disconnections and updated to the minute.

An S25 should not guarantee you a stable connection, and the problem you are experiencing could perhaps be due to a problem with access permissions or the battery protection program, which are very cumbersome to configure.I suppose you have even tried resetting all the software by reinstalling Android.Anyway, I want you to solve it because a stable connection is a plus of peace of mind that should not be given up.

All the best!

@AFlores said:

My experience is just the opposite, I have a Samsung A55 with Android 16 that is almost two years old now and I have not had any connection problems with the Libre 2. What's more, I bought it to replace a Xiaomi that had a bad habit of disconnecting from the sensor.I also have it connected to a Watch 7 and through GlucoDataHandler I always have the glucose reading on the watch without disconnections and updated to the minute.

An S25 should not guarantee you a stable connection, and the problem you are experiencing could perhaps be due to a problem with access permissions or the battery protection program, which are very cumbersome to configure.I suppose you have even tried resetting all the software by reinstalling Android.Anyway, I want you to solve it because a stable connection is a plus of peace of mind that should not be given up.

All the best!

And speaking on the phone they told me that they are trying to resolve it, but it has been like this for months.Anyway, I'll have to end up selling the S25+.

All the best

Hello again, I don't know if this can solve the problem with your Samsung, but maybe it is the solution.Make sure that those two applications, or at least the LibreLink one, run in the background without restrictions on Android 16. In my case, they are the only two that have that permission and that way I don't have the disconnection problem that you suffer from.

Greetings, and I hope it helps you.

wave again,

I use a Pixel 8 Pro and I have had to authorize it to work in the background and without battery restrictionsand I have the headphones, the watch and the Libre 2 connected to my phone via Bluetooth, and when I drive in the car the wireless Android autoand it has been disconnected but I rarely have enough fingers on one hand to count the number of times it has happened to me, I would follow @AFlores' advice to see if that is what it is, and the application's permissions.

I don't know if this helps, or will cause more problems... I have a Samsung A55 and it works perfectly with the application... even though aboot tells me that it is not on the list when I have requested a sensor.

I have a Pixel running Android 14, and there are some sensors that lose connection.I don't know to what extent the mobile phone or the OS should be blamed.It doesn't make much sense that some sensors work perfectly and others fail from the beginning.

It happens to me with a Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra.Since I updated to Android version 16, many sensors lose Bluetooth connectivity.But the damn version has been running since June 2025... for almost a year.What the hell are Abbott's people up to, do they want us to use their LibreLink application that they are incapable of updating, or to buy an old cell phone to use it?What is shameful is that Spanish healthcare continues signing contracts with this group of filibusters.The issue has burned me out.

@tony said:

It happens to me with a Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra.Since I updated to Android version 16, many sensors lose Bluetooth connectivity.But the damn version has been running since June 2025... for almost a year.What the hell are Abbott's people up to, do they want us to use their LibreLink application that they are incapable of updating, or to buy an old cell phone to use it?What is shameful is that Spanish healthcare continues signing contracts with this group of filibusters.The issue has burned me out.

I have started using dexcom one +.I've been here for almost two weeks now and I'm delighted.You can calibrate it so that it is as close as possible (and even equal) to the capillary, although for me at least, once the first few hours have passed, it marks at most 10/15 above or below, but for example, in this second, which I wore on Sunday, with the calibrations, when I am stable it nails it, or there are one or two points of deviation.If it is going up or down, it doesn't nail it, but after 5 or 10 minutes it gives me that measurement.I have also asked Dexcom for information to see where I could buy them apart from the store that we all know here and you can buy them by ordering them directly from Dexcom, with the possibility of also purchasing the receiver and using it at the same time as the mobile phone (something that is great for me for when I am in school and for when I take university exams... or if I have to be on the selection board).

@tony I have the Samsung A54, which I believe has the same version of the Operating System and OneUI layer as the S23 ultra.

When Android 16 came out it gave me problems with NFC, although it later turned out that it was the fault of Samsung's OneUI.In the next update of this, it was fixed.

And although lately I have had quite a few problems with some sensors (4), which did not start or dialed incorrectly, with the Bluetooth connection I have never had problems.And I always update everything as soon as it comes out.

@tony in Spain has won the Dexcom contest but they only give them to new beginners and those who ask for them.

I already have 2 Dexcom One+ sensors and I am delighted.With the App and the reader, both can be calibrated and the truth is that if you don't want to, you don't have to, it measures very well.

It is a shame that Abbott, which was a pioneer in this, is being passed over by other laboratories.

Dexcom was well before Abbot.Dexcom introduced its first CGM system in 2006. But they were very expensive, like 1000 euros a month or more.

Abbot was only a pioneer in making them accessible to almost everyone, at €50 for a sensor that lasted 14 days.But it didn't come out until2014.

@Sherpa41 said:

@tonyI have the Samsung A54, which I believe has the same version of the Operating System and OneUI layer as the S23 ultra.

When Android 16 came out it gave me problems with NFC, although it later turned out that it was the fault of Samsung's OneUI.In the next update of this, it was fixed.

And although lately I have had quite a few problems with some sensors (4), which did not start or dialed incorrectly, with the Bluetooth connection I have never had problems.And I always update everything as soon as it comes out.

It seems normal to me that a company that, like every company, is there to make money, does not invest in correcting an app and waits for another company (Samsung) to update the operating system to save costs, to a certain extent.Although there would be much to argue about our health becoming secondary to aincome statement...but in short, it is what the world in which we have had to live has.

What irritates me the most is that our healthcare systemPUBLIC, paid with everyone's taxes, gives us patients the slip when it detects this type of problem, and, at least in my autonomous community, no measure has been taken to date, not even a sad warning, to alleviate as much as possible this defect of a device on which we depend so much.In fact, I have now had two nocturnal hypoglycemias without the alarm going off.Thank goodness my body still detects them., because it hasn't been long since I debuted,and I wake up, but it's clear that this matter is gettingseriouslyat risk my health.

Is it my fault for updating OneUI without looking at Abbott's document on sensor compatibility with mobile devices?Maybe.But no one warned me about this and I'm paying for the hazing.But damn, it's been6 monthsthe new operating system runningwith this localized defect and here no one does anything or notifies anyone of anything.I've had to do my own research and go crazy with sensors for weeks to find out where the air is coming from.

@Ruthbia said:

@tonyIn Spain, Dexcom has won the contest but they only give them to new beginners and those who ask for them.

I already have 2 Dexcom One+ sensors and I am delighted.With the App and the reader, both can be calibrated and the truth is that if you don't want to, you don't have to, it measures very well.

It is a shame that Abbott, which was a pioneer in this, is being passed over by other laboratories.

I have bought a dexcom one+ on my own that will arrive soon, to test it and because I have a somewhat demanding mountain route coming up, and I don't want to risk getting a crash while climbing a peak.If I try it and it goes well, I will try to talk to my endocrinologist (that's another one, my next appointment is in October and I don't know if I'll be able to talk to her before) so she can switch me to the dexcom.Although it will depend on whether or not it suits her to change me, of course.

Anyway, everyone's sorry for the diatribe and the nonsense.But at least I'm letting off steam, which never hurts.

salu3

@tony it is nationwide.I am in Madrid and straddle Castilla la Mancha and in both they give you Dexcom if the user requests it.

Try to advance the appointment or connect Diabox or another App that allows you to calibrate Abbott.

Ruthbia said:
@Ruthbia said:

@tonyIt is at the national level.I am in Madrid and straddle Castilla la Mancha and in both they give you Dexcom if the user requests it.

Try to advance the appointment or connect Diabox or another App that allows you to calibrate Abbott.

I have been offered the dexcom one plus several times, but the fact that it only shows a new value every five minutes puts me off a little.Used to one every minute.

Of course, if I have another batch of bad sensors again, I might try it too.

Sherpa41 said:
@Sherpa41 said:

I have been offered the dexcom one plus several times, but the fact that it only shows a new value every five minutes puts me off a little.Used to one every minute.

Of course, if I have another batch of bad sensors again, I might try it too.

Hello,

I understand the frustration and anger with Abbott's sensors.On the one hand, you mention a lack of precision in the values, and on the other hand, connection problems with mobile phones related to operating system updates.

I suppose that most of us update the versions of the operating system automatically, since they are supposed to incorporate performance improvements and solve possible security problems.In any case, from what you say, perhaps it is worth always making sure that the new versions remain compatible with all the devices we use (sensors, apps, pumps, pods,...), since our health depends on it, and we increasingly depend on technology to manage our illness.

You can connect the Dexcom One+ to both your mobile phone and a receiver, so if you have any problem with your mobile phone (not compatible, lost, stops working due to an OS update,...) you would always have the option of using the receiver (which also has all the alerts and calibration functionality).

I understand that these Abbot meters are also used on pumps with a closed handle system.According to what @cgs comments, what does a bomb do that has a value of 115, and you are actually at 49?Is it still injecting the set basal dose every hour?, and if you have set a target value below 115, do you inject more doses to reach the target?How scary!!

My phone is old, Android 14 and it disconnected with the latest Free 2.

The Dexcoms work well for me, they are smaller and can be calibrated, that has already won me over.They last 10 days and 12 more hours of courtesy.

FreeStyle 1 was a very good product, but with version 2 and 2 plus they made a mistake.

Ruthbia said:
@Ruthbia said:

My phone is old, Android 14 and it disconnected with the latest Free 2.

The Dexcoms work well for me, they are smaller and can be calibrated, that has already won me over.They last 10 days and 12 more hours of courtesy.

FreeStyle 1 was a very good product, but with version 2 and 2 plus they made a mistake.