Old phone had Ant+ service built in, new one doesn’t and thus I need to buy an adapter cable and USB dongle thingy, but I don’t really want a little cable and dongle stuck in the phone…

I can’t seem to find a neater direct plug in USB ‘C’ type adapter, such a thing must exist… Right?

It might be cheaper to buy a BT HRM…

https://www.evanscycles.com/tacx-ant-dongle-for-android-EV283663

Hmmm, it’s hardly Svelte… And not USB-C.

Plus at £40 I might as well just find a BT HRM for less.

Cheers anyway…

Careful, they might get in.

My Sony phone has it built in,

Just buy a new phone, go on, treat yourself, it’s a better solution.

My Sony phone has it built in

Previous phone was an xperia Z2 and had Ant support, new one (two weeks) is an xperia X compact and doesn’t appear to… It’s probably because it is a ‘lower’ model but TBH I just wanted a more sensibly sized phone and a cheaper contract.

I will live without Ant+ on my phone, but I wish I had known before hand.

My Xperia xz doesn’t have it either.

It’s shit

+1 – was an important feature for me which is why I got a Sony. Interesting to see they’re dropping support – it does appear to be dying off a bit as a technology for some reason.

Is it that they’ve removed the hardware or simply not enabled it?

A quick Google suggests all newer ‘X’ series Sony phone lack ANT+… Shame.