ANT Radio Service

Sue D

This is an INSTALLED App, (to the person who says it can be UNINSTALLED) you are wrong!!! It cannot be! Its an app which allows BigBrother to Control pretty much every aspect of your phone, it listens, it watches, it records, it changes the settings, it allows third world countries to use it for Amazon businesses, for teaching english programs, etc, etc. Come on do your research. Call it a conspiracy theory if that's what helps you sleep at night. HELLO!! REALITY CHECK, you are not in control.

A Google user

ANT is a communication protocol like WiFi or Bluetooth, and allows your phone to connect to things like smart watches, activity trackers, studio bikes at the gym, even home-automation stuff. It is not Samsung specific, but some Samsung apps (and Garmin and Fujitsu and Adidas and Endomondo and ...) are enhanced by ANT technology. The size on my phone is less than 1MB - less than a single photo - so not exactly bloatware. This "app" allows the hardware to work so on a computer it's known as a "driver". Without it, features on your expensive phone will not work. If you don't update this app, some ANT devices you own may not work, or security leaks may not be fixed, leaving you unhappy. Apart from that the app has no features at all, it simply makes the hardware work so other apps can use it.

J Anon

This is extender that hackers can use to transfer data without you realizing it. It extends Bluetooth, wifi, quick share and other things. Wasn't on my phone until after it became compromised. Apk apps look like system apps but act differently. Just a heads up!

xan xan

All this does is help all of the devices in my house to connect even when they never have been. I hate there are not options to REALLY turn off some of the permissions. I do plan on throwing away most of my devices that do this.

Micah Devlin

I looked it up and all this is, from what I can tell, is something that helps fitness apps work on your phone. And that's kinda it lol. So you can absolutely just uninstall it without any problem Besides fitness apps won't work on your phone anymore.

A Google user

STOP TRIPPING!! Its not a radio its FM frequency to connect Smart Watches and Fit Bit type devices so it can communicate with your phone. I bought a Fitbit at Christmas and all of a sudden I see this app on my phone. It didn't come pre-installed on my Samsung S8. It on newer versions now to help make the connection easier for Smart Watches. It helps wrist devices and the app on your phone communicate. It's NOT Spyware, Bloatware or adware.

A Google user

The default sound setting of this app is set so low that I have to push the volume control to maximum in order to hear properly. However, the problem comes when I switch from it (the radio) to another audio app like t he music player or video player because I'd have pushed the volume so high that my eardrums are almost damaged by the sudden change in noise levels. Then I have to push the volume way down low to a comfortable level which is too low on the radio.

Aaron Vallejo

If its a driver, tell the user what ot does. Otherwise it literally hangs my entire app update queue and functions for multiple wearable bluetooth devices (which I don't own). If I could verify it's purpose or toggle it when I needed it's called functions, then we'd be getting somewhere. It seems pretty standard to ask a user if they would like to share their usage data to optimize the program, or maybe I'm just used to communication and open source programs.

One Time

This app is one of the main arteries of the global surveillance system. Bluetooth 3.0 specs ~ max range of 30 feet between devices. ANT Radio Service expands the range via seamless relay to orbiting satellites, meaning your $10 Bluetooth mouse can be used as a tool to hijack your computer by someone on the other side of the globe. The dev documents try to fool via PAN = personal area network but everybody know PAN really mean Global.. so put datape over dat cam hole n practice dat sign language.

Susan Atkinson

I agree with all previous comments. I've tried to uninstall this and other unwanted apps several times to no avail. I have no illusions that Samsung would consider any review to address the issue of pre-installed apps and a user's ability to uninstall those that are unwanted.