CGM features and fixes · Dexcom G6

Does the Dexcom G6 have an iPhone widget?

What Dexcom G6’s own apps (Dexcom G6 app, Dexcom Follow) do, from the maker’s documents.

Yes

The G6 app has a Today View widget. The G6 user guide also describes a Follow home screen widget (iOS 14 or later) for followers. Dexcom does not mention a Live Activity for G6. (App Store listing; Dexcom user guide, p. 203)

With Glide

No

Glide does not currently have a home-screen widget. (/dexcom#apple-watch)

More on the Dexcom G6

• Apple Watch
• Garmin
• Mac, PC and web
• Android follower
• Data for the doctor
• Nightscout
• Alarms in Silent mode and Focus
• How many followers
• Signal-loss alert

iPhone widget and Lock Screen on other CGMs

• Dexcom G7
• Medtrum TouchCare Nano CGM
• Eversense 365
• SIBIONICS GS1

Sources, quoted

• App Store listing: “Today View widget allows you to view your glucose data on the lock screen of your smart device”
• Dexcom user guide, p. 203: “Check your Sharer’s reading, trend arrow, and graph with a widget on your home screen.”

Every quote is checked against its source page before each update of this site; last checked 2026-10-06. Makers change their apps; the source page is the authority when it differs.