Endomondo Sports Tracker, the app that turns a mobile phone into a full-fledged personal trainer, is offering sports performance monitoring data on Android (News - Alert) smartphones with full support for the ANT+ health and fitness devices from ANT Wireless.
This new technology would make it easy for athletes to collect data and track their performance in the Endomondo app. ANT’s technology allows Endomondo users on Android mobile devices to communicate with various health and fitness devices and collect and transmit performance data in real-time.
“Endomondo’s ANT+ Android app brings a new standard of interoperability and functionality to the consumer,” stated Rod Morris, Director, ANT Wireless. “Collectively, Endomondo, Sony Ericsson (News - Alert) and ANT+ enrich the user experience with more useful, real-time data and connection to over 14 million commercial monitoring sensors.”
This new app, which works on phones with a built-in ANT+ chip, is currently available on both free and paid versions of Endomondo. The phones include the Xperia line of handsets from Sony Ericsson - Xperia arc, X8, X10 mini and X10 mini pro. Previous versions of Garmin (News - Alert) heart rate monitors also support ANT+.
“With support for ANT+ sensors, athletes have an easy way to collect data and track their performance in the Endomondo app,” said Mette Lykke, co-founder, Endomondo. “The combination of ANT’s innovative wireless technologies and the advancement in smartphones builds upon our goal with Endomondo to make fitness more motivating, social and fun.”
Previously, a prototype of the Endomondo app was screened by ANT+ at the Texas Instruments stand during the Mobile World Congress (News - Alert) in February 2011. The demonstration showcased the data taken from a person riding a bike and featured bike speed, bike cadence, and heart rate.
Launched in November 2007, Endomondo Sports Tracker can be used for running, cycling, walking and all other distance-based outdoor sports. Using GPS, the app tracks route, distance, duration, split times, calorie consumption, and more, while providing audio feedback on performance.
Jyothi Shanbhag is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Jyothi's articles, please visit her columnist page.Edited by Rich Steeves