How to get ant+ dongle working on galaxy tab A8

Hi there,

As I’m not really savvy on this matter and my online searches have failed to help me, I’m trying here to see if someone could help me figure this out.

I have purchased the Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 recently and the bluetooth connection with Zwift seems to work. However, I also have an external ant+ dongle which I would like to use and connect. (I previously used this for laptop zwifting, but laptop broke down.)

I have been using the Ant Tester app and it shows that ant+ would be capable. There’s some links to apps/software to download that should work, but none of these are applicable and I can’t download these as the apps are created for “an older version of android”.
Are there any new apps available? I can’t seem to find any.

I’m connecting the ant+ dongle with a usb-C adapter (that worked on an apple laptop). If I plug it in, the ANT tester seems to detect it, but I think I need some supporting app/software to make it work?

thanks a lot!

You should have these 4 ANT+ services on Android tablet. They can be downloaded from Google Play Store.

Without the USB driver, your tablet cannot detect the dongle.

Thanks Kenneth for posting. I’m in exactly the same position. Purchased the A8 tablet knowing that it didn’t come with Ant+ receiver but believing that this could be worked around with a dongle and OTG adaptor. Thanks Patrick for your respinse. I too cannot find the needed apps on Playstore. Has anyone found a solution?

…and a test app for good measure: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.quantrity.anttester

Ensure you’ve granted each the necessary permissions to run.

Thanks CJ. I followed your links to Playstore. Unfortunately I get the message that apps are not available to me as they are made for an older version on android. Do you think an update may be coming?

I can’t speak to that point Hayden. You could try reaching out to the developer to inquire.