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After doing some searches I'm reaching the same conclusion. There were a couple Android models that had the ANT+ hardware but most Androids don't.
There is however an ANT+ accessory you can buy to add the hardware to your phone. Once you have the external hardware accessory ( dongle? ) you add the ANT+app to your phone and this should enable the user to run whatever ANT sensors that they want. Then just add whatever capatible fitness app that works with ANT+ and you should be set. Here is the link to the company that makes them >
SelfLoops. Nice that it includes an external battery which makes a lot of sense. Not sure if the product is available yet but I plan to continue the search. ( *edit; release date is Oct 1st 2013 for the SelfLoops ANT+ android accessory )
This is what is commonly called a "dongle".
It appears that there's one called a "ANT+ USB stick".
http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2012/02/m...-for-your.html
Maybe, that won't work for Android phones.
The "selfloop" product is a box that you have to connect to the phone with a USB cable. That seems inconvenient.
You'd have to decide whether you want to have something stick out of your phone while riding. Note that you can use a cable between the phone and the dongle/box/whatever.
You can also get a HRM strap that will relay ANT+ signals from your ANT+ transmitters as BT 4.
http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/02/m...-smartant.html
There's also the Wahoo Rflkt that does something similar (but it needs an iPhone at the moment).
http://www.wahoofitness.com/devices/...-computer.html
Note that BT 4 support is kind of spotty for Android. It should be available "any day now".