Glucose monitoring on new Apple watch app

An app is being developed to allow people with diabetes to check their blood sugar levels on Apple’s new smart watch.

It will enable people to share their blood sugar information with others who also have an Apple Watch or an iPhone.

As well as showing glucose levels, the application also flags up increases or decreases and offers a graph of glucose readings from the previous three hours.

US firm Dexcom, which develops, manufactures and distributes continuous glucose monitoring systems, is behind the app.

Apple has said its new watch will be launched this year with rumours suggesting people can make pre-orders in March or April.