What is ANT HAL Service and can i uninstall it from my phone? Does it serve a purpose?

[Android Central Question]

I am uninstalling apps I don't use or want that uses up space on my phone.

 

[SpookDroid]

You can totally disable it as long as you don't use any ANT-enabled devices (mostly for fitness trackers). And it's that, something that enables communication with ANT devices. Not sure you can uninstall, however, unless rooted, but you should be able to disable the process at the very least.
https://www.thisisant.com/consumer/ant-101/consumer-faq/category/244/

Also, more info on this thread about the same 'issue'.
https://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-note-4/464268-what-ant-hal-service.html

 

[Maldoso]

Uninstalled using platform-tools=

com.dsi.ant.service.socket
com.dsi.ant.sample.acquirechannels
com.dsi.ant.plugins.antplus
com.dsi.ant.server