Abbott, Google team up on glucose tracking to power health AI coaching

Metabolic health challenges are rising globally, with prediabetes affecting over 115 million American adults—yet approximately 8 in 10 of those affected are completely unaware they have the condition. Abbott's Lingo has positioned itself as an over-the-counter continuous glucose monitor (CGM) that helps people without diabetes understand how everyday factors—nutrition, activity, sleep, and stress—influence their glucose levels and overall well-being. Google Health has built AI-powered coaching capabilities and a consumer health platform. By combining Abbott's real-time glucose data collection with Google's AI and user experience expertise, the partnership creates a more complete metabolic health picture that can feed personalized guidance directly into users' daily routines.

The collaboration operates on three fronts: first, integrating Lingo glucose data into Google Health so users see glucose trends alongside other health metrics; second, using Google Health Coach to deliver personalized recommendations based on those insights; and third, running one of the largest real-world metabolic health studies to date, gathering continuous glucose, wearable, laboratory, and survey data to uncover links between activity, sleep, well-being, and metabolic health. That research will inform future AI-powered guidance and product features. For Abbott and Google, the partnership represents a bet that preventive, personalized metabolic insights—delivered at scale through consumer technology—can help people avoid or delay chronic conditions like Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and certain cancers.