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All of my Android phones have an FM radio tuner, including two current model 5G phones I acquired this year. However new flagship Android phones, without a headphone jack (needed for the antenna), don't support an FM radio.

I've used the FM radio occasionally, but rarely.

On Android devices without an FM radio you can use an RTL-SDR receiver in the USB OTG port, see

Because of the better antenna these work better than an FM radio that uses the headphone cable as an antenna. This is detailed in the document <

On a sunny day (Tue, 19 Apr 2022 09:59:16 -0700) it happened sms snipped-for-privacy@geemail.com wrote in <t3mpp5$9e5$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me:

I am in the Netherlands (Europe) and bought a Chinese DVB-T2 box last year

'currently unavailable'.

it also requires a usb-c to usb-a adapter in addition to the radio itself, making it rather clumsy to use.

there are fm receivers for ios, without the need for an adapter, such as this one, which even adds an analog headphone jack:

here's an older one for dock connector iphones:

there are others.

FM? Sure. More than 1500 currently available.

But only 10 phones "coming soon" will have it.

In message <t3mohd$u0j$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me, The Natural Philosopher snipped-for-privacy@invalid.invalid writes

I just tried my Galaxy A5,and that worked as an FM radio (with data and WiFi turned off). Not brilliant, but better than nothing. The earphone/mic lead also acts as the aerial.

Adrian

Yep, I still have my lightning adapter connected to my poor, lonely wired earbuds that rarely ever actually get used.

sms is full of s*it and trolling, as usual.

However it is as good as you get for analogue TV.

My previous Huawei phones had FM radios and my current Samsung Galaxy A51 has one as well.

I wish someone would sell FM radios, so I don't have to buy smartphones all the time!

And where do you go that has FM coverage...

...but no cellular data?

Not to mention the 4.2" screen. But heh, never mind these 'details' if your mission in life is to dispute everything and anything, no matter what.

and it's horrible when doing everything else other than tv.

it even looks s***ty in a youtube video, which is quite an accomplishment, and not in a good way.

You're assuming that everyone has unlimited data with which to stream radio stations.

But actually, depending on the carrier, there are definitely places where there is FM coverage but no cellular data.

OTOH, when going through those areas the user is likely to be in their vehicle which will have an FM radio with superior reception quality.

you're assuming unlimited data is needed. it's not, largely because most of the time, people are on wifi.

very few.

the opposite, where there's cellular service but little to no terrestrial radio, is far more common, especially in the obscure places you keep citing about verizon's supposedly fantastic coverage.

and even if there is fm radio in such places, the selection of stations is very limited, usually with nothing of interest.

cellular coverage on highways is *more* common than fm, and if the audio is sent to the vehicle's sound system, it will be impossible to hear a difference.

LOL. At least most radio stations do free streaming of their OTA content so if you have unlimited data there's no cost. This kind of makes sense since the more listeners they have the more they can charge for advertising.

It actually would be nice to have a smart phone with a TV tuner since at least in the U.S. local TV stations don't follow the same free model as radio stations and you can't stream the same, free, live, OTA content.

There was a service called Locast, that for $5 per month "donation" let you stream your local channels, but they got sued by the TV networks and had to shut down in 2021.

On the surface, you'd think that TV stations would want their commercial programming to reach as wide of an audience as possible since advertising rates are based on viewership. But the issue was that cable and satellite providers pay the TV networks to rebroadcast OTA channels over cable and satellite but Locast wasn't paying anything. The largest cable provider, Comcast, now charges $49.95 per month, plus tax, to get local TV channels in HD ($29.95 + $9.95 HD Technology Fee + $10 broadcast TV fee + tax), though there are bundles with broadband that reduce this cost somewhat.

there's no cost for using wifi, which is how most people stream.

many ads are skipped on streams, one reason being local content.

yes you can by using a network tuner on the local network, and for those so inclined, it can be configured to be remotely accessible for when away from home.

I wrote assembly code, nospam, for both the IBM (oh, what was it... 1130?... that was a loooong time ago, actually, I think it was the 1130 and then the

Hell... I even have the assembly language books to prove it! :)

I was working with a consortium that was working on the design of the Power PC where I didn't do any coding for them - I ran a team that supported their project (which failed in the end). Too bad. They were all good people.

Smart too. Nothing like the iKooks here who are morons in comparison.

My assembly language coding was back in the 70's on the 1130/370's and my hex programming was on the 68701 in the 80's but the one thing I always hated was programming because I considered coding boring overall. All the languages do the same thing, essentially, using a different syntax, which, when I was young, I thought was neat but now I just think it's a waste of time. I'd rather test the software instead.

However, I didn't know the Power PC supported both as I didn't do any coding on the Power PC. I just knew that memory addressing became less intuitive when I moved from the Motorola to the Intel CPUs. No big deal though.

So thanks for that tidbit.

This is how I know Jolly Roger has an IQ no greater than about 40. Hex coding indeed.

HINT: Clearly Jolly Roger never programmed an EPROM in his life.

OK... if you _really_ want to see some of my old books, here they are!

The assembly language stuff was added today just for you.

The point on that iPad is that Apple _requires_ periodic sign in, nospam. Do you finally agree to that which I've been telling you for years now?

The difference here is: Apple requires you to sign into the mothership periodically; Google can't.

All you low-IQ morons deny that fact simply because you _hate_ that fact.

I have _multiple_ iPads, nospam, where I've been running the tests. That you don't comprehend that after all these years is worrisome.

Nope. Not gonna do it. The iPad is a toy that I simply use to learn on. What I'm learning is that Apple _requires_ periodic login.

You denied that. And yet, you were wrong.

Do you finally agree that Apple _requires_ periodic login nospam?