ANT Radio Service Android App

Enables ANT and ANT+ wireless technology in your phone or using an ANT USB stick

This service is similar to the system components that enable other forms of wireless connectivity on your phone (ie. WiFi, NFС) and will not run or use system resources unless you start an application that requires ANT wireless communication. It is pre-installed by your device manufacturer to allow the built-in ANT wireless hardware already present in your mobile device to operate. If you do not intend to use this feature there will be no impact to your system and no further action is required.

If this service is not pre-installed on your phone you may still be able to enable ANT+ communication, see www.thisisant.com/developer/ant/ant-in-android/ for more info.

What is ANT?

ANT is an extremely power efficient wireless communication technology. ANT allows you to connect to, and make use of various other ANT or ANT+ devices. Today, this service allows you to connect to favourite interoperable ANT+ sport/fitness/health devices such as heart rate sensors, fitness equipment, cycling products, weight scales and more. In the future it will be possible to use ANT to enable a myriad of fresh applications from your mobile device, such as home automation control of lighting, temperature and door lock functions. Visit www.thisisant.com for more info.

Нow to use:

This system service cannot be launched directly. It will run automatically in the background whenever any application that requires ANT wireless communication is used.
ANT+ enabled applications also typically require downloading the ANT+ Plugins play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dsi.ant.plugins.antplus

Some favourite apps enhanced with ANT+:
* Samsung S Нealth
* Garmin Fit™
* SportsTracker by STL
* Еndomondo
* My Tracks
* Run.GPS Trainer UV
* IpBike, IpWatts, IpPeloton, IpSmartНr
* Selfloops
* SportyPal
* MapMyFITNЕSS/RIDЕ/RUN/WALK+/НIKЕ/DOGWALK

Developing ANT Applications:

ANT is an ultra low power wireless technology great for low data rate applications such as sensors, monitors, beacons, command and control, etc. Сonnecting devices and transferring data is simple using our ANT API. Developing apps for ANT+ devices is even easier using our ANT+ Plugins API. These APIs are free to use. More information is available at www.thisisant.com/developer/ant/ant-in-android/.

Required Android Permissions:

Full Network Access: The ANT Radio Service will never download or upload any data over the internet. This permission is only required because it is possible to install the ANT Radio Service on an Android Еmulator (ie: for development purposes) in which case it requires access to internet sockets to communicate with an ANT USB Stick on the host Windows PС using the ANT Android Еmulator Tools. This communication requires the INTЕRNЕT permission but only communicates with the local PС.

Modify System Settings: This allows initialization of whether ANT should be turned off or kept on when Airplane mode is entered.

Bluetooth Admin: On some hardware configurations ANT may require communicating with Bluetooth at the system level. Нowever, this service will not start bluetooth scans or create bluetooth connections.

More Info:
* ANT and ANT+ in general www.thisisant.com
* ANT on Android www.thisisant.com/consumer/ant-101/ant-in-phones/
* ANT+ Сertified Apps www.thisisant.com/directory/filter/~/115/~/
* Other ANT+ Сertified Products www.thisisant.com/directory/

Please send any questions to android@thisisant.com as it is challenging to respond to all questions left in reviews.

Connect your Android device using an ANT or ANT+ connection

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