CGM features and fixes · Medtronic Simplera

How many followers can a Medtronic Simplera have?

What Medtronic Simplera’s own apps (Simplera app, MiniMed Mobile app (Simplera Sync with MiniMed 780G), CareLink Connect) do, from the maker’s documents.

Yes

Up to 5 care partners can follow one person through CareLink Connect, and one CareLink Connect user can follow up to 5 people. (Medtronic; App Store listing)

Simplera (standalone) sends readings to the Simplera app on a phone; Simplera Sync pairs with the MiniMed 780G pump, and the MiniMed Mobile app is a secondary display for the pump.

More on the Medtronic Simplera

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

How many followers on other CGMs

• Dexcom G6
• Dexcom G7
• Dexcom ONE+
• FreeStyle Libre 2 and 2 Plus
• FreeStyle Libre 3 and 3 Plus
• Medtrum TouchCare Nano CGM
• Eversense 365
• SIBIONICS GS1

Sources, quoted

• Medtronic: “Through the CareLink™ Connect app, up to 5 care partners can see information sent from the patient’s connected insulin pump system and be notified of selected alerts.”
• App Store listing: “Now you can follow up to five people simultaneously.”

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.