The ANT HAL Service application is installed on my Android mobile device. What is it, and why does
The ANT HAL Service application is installed on my Android mobile device. What is it, and why does
Just like the ANT Radio Service and the ANT+ Plugins, the ANT HAL Service is a background service which is factory pre-installed on phones that provide built-in ANT wireless support. Although the software is included in your mobile device, it consumes minimal system memory resources and will never run unless an application requiring ANT Wireless communication is started.
It is a core system service that has been built in to your Android system by your handset vendor. As per the Android permissions description; to improve performance and reduce memory usage, general permissions are available to ANT HAL Service because it runs in the same process as all other core system services. This is not because these permissions are used, or even requested, by the app.
