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NextRadio App now utilizes built-in FM Radio chips in over 200 Android devices

• DrScump 9y ago
  ... including the Samsung Galaxy S7. The submittal link is the device roster; here[0] is an article about Samsung joining the fray. I just installed it on my Galaxy S7, and I'm very impressed so far. The only permission it prompted me for is location (which I disable anyway), but you can Deny that -- it then prompts you for zipcode. It gives you a menu of FM stations in your area (with some odd duplication and some confusion of icons) from which you can build a favorites list. It also has a "Basic Tuner" mode so you can tune like a regular digital tuner. This is valuable if you want a station not in their menu (my own immediate need for this is for the low-power FM transmitters for TVs at the gym). You can select "FM Only" mode to completely avoid streaming and use only the FM tuner (to save mobile data). I have no affiliation with these people; I was completely unaware that the long-present but unusable FM chip was being liberated at all until 15 minutes ago. My last Android with usable FM was my old HTC from 7 years ago. [0] http://www.androidpolice.com/2018/01/10/samsung-smartphones-will-fm-chip-enabled-us-canada-partnership-nextradio/ http://www.androidpolice.com/2018/01/10/samsung-smartphones-...