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The Begining of the End for ANT+ Wireless

First off, no, your ANT+ devices aren’t going to stop working. In fact, companies are not only supporting them going forward, but will continue to make ANT+ devices for some time to come. Instead, ANT+ (or more technically, Garmin), has

The core reason for this change is the European Union’s Radio Equipment Directive(simply called EU RED), which will ultimately take full effect next summer (it’s currently in a transitional phase). Almost every sensor made since 2016ish has been dual ANT+/Bluetooth Smart, albeit, it wasn’t until a few years later when multi-channel Bluetooth chipsets became commonplace, ensuring users could connect to their heart rate strap from more than one device at once (a problem primarily in the indoor training space). The sports tech industry needs some replacement for what the ANT+ Symposium did for over a decade, both in terms of an event to talk protocols (with competitors no less), but also the backend process to keep companies aligned to standards for the other 51 weeks of the year.

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