ANT+ Changes
ANT+ Changes
The ANT+ membership program and ANT+ product certification programs, along with associated engineering support will discontinue on June 30, 2025. In anticipation of these changes, the ANT+ Adopter Agreement was updated on January 3, 2025.
ANT+ was developed in 2004 as a low-power wireless communications standard and has been an essential part of cycling and fitness ecosystems for the past twenty years. However, there is currently a changing regulatory landscape that would require substantial ANT+ redevelopment which would also break compatibility across the established ecosystem of products. Since most of the value for ANT+ is based on compatibility, redesigning the system to meet the new standards is not a feasible path forward.
Details pertaining to these changes are outlined below:
· ANT+ membership and certification programs, along with associated support of those programs, will discontinue on June 30, 2025.
· Applications for ANT+ product certification that meet specified requirements and that can be completed before June 30, 2025 will continue to be accepted until March 31, 2025.
Please note: SimulANT logs are now required for ANT+ certification applications. Applications that do not provide required materials within two business days of the request, are incomplete or that cannot be completed within three months will be terminated.
· ANT+ device profiles and documentation will continue to be available to developers after June 30, 2025.
While these changes will terminate the membership and certification programs for ANT+, ANT devices using the defined profiles will not be affected. For companies continuing to develop products that use the ANT wireless protocol, ANT licensing is also unaffected by these changes to the ANT+ programs.
Garmin is committed to ongoing compliance for the privacy and security of its products, and the company is working to address the upcoming regulatory requirements in other ways.
The ANT+ Adopter agreement has been modified to remove the requirement for ANT+ Certification. ANT+ Products will still need to meet the minimum requirements for interoperability as defined by the ANT+ documents. This update does not require any action on your part to maintain your ANT+ Adopter access.
