The National Association of Broadcasters and NextRadio mentioned that unlocked units failed to include the proper API three months ago.
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Samsung to turn on unlocked Galaxy S9 FM chip in US
Industry and regulators in the US consider free-to-air, non-streaming radio on smartphones to be a vital fallback when data networks fail.
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NextRadio says Samsung will unlock FM radio chips on upcoming smartphones in the US
FM radio should become a standard feature for Samsung smartphones in the US and Canada again before long, at least according to NextRadio.
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FCC wants Apple to activate impossible FM radio on iPhone 8
But Apple says that the iPhones don't have that chip and there's no FM radio to be had. Still, Ajit Pai will ask for his cake.
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LG joins FM radio movement with NextRadio partnership for ‘a number’ of smartphones
A host of unnamed LG smartphones in North and Latin America will soon come pre-loaded with the NextRadio app for free, unrestricted FM radio access.
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T-Mobile throws its weight behind movement to bring FM radio to phones
There’s a movement underway to add some overlooked functionality to your smartphone, bringing you access to multiple streams of high-quality commercial content, all without paying a dime or counting against your data allotment. It was earlier this year that we first learned of a concerted effort to convince smartphone OEMs to activate dormant hardware on their phones that would enable handsets to receive FM radio transmissions, or at least to sell future phones with the feature present out of the ...
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AT&T to direct OEMs to activate smartphone FM reception
The inability for smartphones to access free FM radio broadcasts is currently a huge oversight, one that spans across manufactures and platforms. While the majority of smartphone hardware includes components that are very much capable of tuning in to the plethora of music, news, and entertainment content being broadcast for free on the public airwaves, finding phones that chose to take advantage of this feature has been the exception, rather than the rule. Earlier this year we learned of a big push from ...
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