CGM features and fixes · FreeStyle Libre 2 and 2 Plus

Can a FreeStyle Libre 2 and 2 Plus follower use Android?

What FreeStyle Libre 2 and 2 Plus’s own apps (Libre app, FreeStyle Libre 2 app, LibreLinkUp) do, from the maker’s documents.

Yes

LibreLinkUp is on Google Play as well as the App Store. The manual lists Android 8.0 through 16.0. (Abbott)

In the US, Abbott's Libre app replaces the FreeStyle Libre 2 app for new sensors. LibreLinkUp alert settings for Libre 2 differ by the country of the wearer's LibreView account: the US list has no No Recent Data alert.

With Glide

No

Glide does not currently have an Android app; every follower needs an iPhone. (/libre#apple-watch)

More on the FreeStyle Libre 2 and 2 Plus

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

Android follower on other CGMs

• Dexcom G6
• Dexcom G7
• Dexcom ONE+
• FreeStyle Libre 3 and 3 Plus
• Medtrum TouchCare Nano CGM
• Eversense 365
• Medtronic Simplera
• SIBIONICS GS1

Sources, quoted

• Abbott: “If you're using an Android smartphone, you’ll download the LibreLinkUp app”
• Abbott: “The LibreLinkUp app is compatible with many popular Android and iOS smartphones.”

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.