Abbott, Google Health Join Forces on AI-Powered Metabolic Health

Abbott has begun a partnership with Google Health that will combine glucose insights from its Lingo biowearable with Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) expertise.

The collaboration will integrate metabolic health insights into daily routines through an AI-powered experience. Lingo users will be able to view glucose trends alongside other health metrics in the Google Health app, while Health Coach will provide personalized recommendations for nutrition, activity, sleep, and recovery.

The partnership aims to connect glucose data to a more complete health picture, deliver AI-powered, personal health guidance, and establish new science about metabolic health. The duo plans to conduct a large real-world metabolic health study combining glucose, wearable, laboratory, and survey data to examine links between activity, sleep, well-being, and metabolic health.

Abbott’s Lingo over-the-counter continuous glucose monitor (CGM), which launched in the U.S. in September 2024, is worn on the back of the arm for up to two weeks and continuously streams glucose data to the Lingo app on a smartphone. A graph of glucose reactions updates in real-time based on continuous readings from the biosensor.

The company said that Lingo health integrations will continue to roll out in the Google Health app later this year.

Comments from Abbott and Google Health

Olivier Ropars, divisional VP of Abbott’s Lingo business: “The biggest challenge in healthcare isn’t treating disease—it’s helping people stay healthier longer. Abbott’s leadership in biowearables and Google’s expertise in AI and consumer technology create a powerful opportunity to make personalized insights available at unprecedented scale. Additionally, we are advancing metabolic health research through one of the largest real-world studies of its kind, generating new insights into the relationship between glucose and everyday behaviors. That research will help shape future AI-powered guidance and metabolic health innovation. Together, we can help people better understand their bodies and take action before health challenges become health conditions.”

Rishi Chandra, VP and GM of Google Health: “The future of health lies in turning complex health information into personalized guidance that people can use every day. Abbott and Google are creating a more complete picture of health that can help people better understand the connections between their daily habits and overall well-being. We have an opportunity to provide powerful, personalized health insights that can help people live longer, healthier lives.