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This uses Bluetooth 4 LE (low energy) which offers the same advantages as Ant+. This protocol will probably completely supplant Ant+ in the next year or two bec
by krrrh 13y ago
This uses Bluetooth 4 LE (low energy) which offers the same advantages as Ant+. This protocol will probably completely supplant Ant+ in the next year or two because it's part of the Bluetooth spec and supported natively by most smartphones released in the last year. Ant+ is proprietary and has only a handful of phones with onboard chips.
- localhost 13y agoThe problem today is that if you already own devices that speak ANT+, you're not likely to be replacing them in the near future as they are generally quite expensive (eg PowerTap). The only bicycle power meter that speaks BT LE is the Stages power meter and that just started shipping. In this interim time period it would be awesome to support both as there is a pretty large installed base of ANT+ hardware in the exercise / fitness demo.