If this service is not pre-installed on your phone you may still be able to enable ANT+ communication see http://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 popular 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 new applications from your mobile device such as home automation control of lighting temperature and door lock functions. Visit www.thisisant.com for more info.
How 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 http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dsi.ant.plugins.antplus
Some popular apps enhanced with ANT+:
* Samsung S Health
* Garmin Fit™
* SportsTracker by STL
* Endomondo
* My Tracks
* Run.GPS Trainer UV
* IpBike IpWatts IpPeloton IpSmartHr
* Selfloops
* SportyPal
* MapMyFITNESS/RIDE/RUN/WALK+/HIKE/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. Connecting 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
http://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 Emulator (ie: for development purposes) in
which case it requires access to internet sockets to communicate
with an ANT USB Stick on the host Windows PC using the ANT Android
Emulator Tools. This communication requires the INTERNET permission
but only communicates with the local PC.
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. However
this service will not start bluetooth scans or create bluetooth
connections.
More Info:
* ANT and ANT+ in general http://www.thisisant.com
* ANT on Android
http://www.thisisant.com/consumer/ant-101/ant-in-phones/
* ANT+ Certified Apps
http://www.thisisant.com/directory/filter/~/115/~/
* Other ANT+ Certified Products
http://www.thisisant.com/directory/
Please send any questions to [email protected] as it is
difficult to respond to all questions left in reviews.