Users Manual

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Setting Up Your Omnipod5 Application 4
Using the Omnipod 5 application on your smartphone
If you use your smartphone, you will need to download the Omnipod 5 app from
the Google Play Store.
Caution: Do not attempt to use the Omnipod 5 app on a phone modied to
allow unrestricted access to its le system. You will be prevented from using the
Omnipod 5 app.
Caution: If you install other apps on the same phone as your Omnipod 5 app,
take care that the other apps do not contain malware. If you do not know what it is,
do not install it. Only install apps from trusted sources.
Note: Your smartphone must have enough storage space for the Omnipod 5 app
to work and save important information regarding your insulin therapy. If your
smartphone does not have 150 MB of free space, you will be prompted to free up
smartphone storage in order to use the Omnipod 5 app.
Recommended smartphone settings
e Omnipod 5 app relies on some of your smartphone's settings to function.
Follow the recommendations below to ensure the Omnipod 5 System works
as intended. To learn how to change your smartphone's settings, see your
smartphone instructions.
Recommended Setting ON or OFF
Bluetooth ON
Automatic date and time ON
Battery optimization OFF
Notications ON
Smartphone security ON
Location ON
Sound ON
Network connectivity (Wi-Fi or cellular) ON
Caution: Keep the Bluetooth setting ON. If you turn this setting OFF, you may
not receive important updates and alarms that rely on communication between
your Omnipod 5 app and your Pod.
Note: If you do not have the setting ON or OFF as recommended, you will receive
a notication to adjust the setting.
Tip: To see notications without unlocking your smartphone, make sure your
smartphone settings allow Omnipod 5 app notications to show on your Lock
Screen.
Starting
Your
OmniPod 5
Effective Date: 22DEC2020, PCO-000267