Google has announced it is building small, wearable glucose monitors for diabetics.

The company, which is restructuring under a new umbrella company called Alphabet, said the blood sugar devices would be about the size of a dime.

Currently, many diabetics have to prick their fingers and draw drops of blood to monitor their glucose levels, sometimes as often as eight times a day.

The Google device will mean no more painful finger sticks and it will work for diabetics with either Type 1 or Type 2 forms of the disease, the company said.

Type 2 diabetes, also called adult-onset, is a growing problem in the U.S. About 27 million Americans suffer from the condition and some 86 million others have prediabetes.