Comment on Phones should have FM radio again
brophy@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Fun fact: almost every phone on the market has the hardware. It’s just drivers/software that are missing (and, more recently, the antenna’s been unavailable with the removal of the audio jack. The radio chip is still in there though)
eumesmo@lemmings.world 1 year ago
Well, thinking about it like that really puts things in a new perspective.
elbarto777@lemmy.world 1 year ago
What do you mean?
eumesmo@lemmings.world 1 year ago
I mean that we may think that supporting fm radio isn’t worth it, but, if it’s only a matter of software, it could be done without much trouble. For example, if the android ecossystem was truly open, this feature could be supported by the interested part of the community, allowing users who want the feature to have it, while not bothering anyone else.