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Probably because FM is typically purely analog. You need to record signal, then compress it realtime and send through BT. That uses up battery. When using plain
by yetihehe 7y ago
Probably because FM is typically purely analog. You need to record signal, then compress it realtime and send through BT. That uses up battery. When using plain FM Radio, you just connect signal from fm chip to output amplifier.
- unfocused 7y agoThat's a good point. The old Moto G did this out of the box. The newer ones, cannot. You need some "bluetooth router app". Beware of super spammy links if you google that. It's not an elegant solution and may or may not work depending on when Android gets updated. Right now the A50 has a really nice sounding tuner with either my Samsung earbuds or Sony Headphones. NextRadio appears to be winding down it's features, so you have to use the basic tuner, and manually seek to each station, and add it to your favourites. All this to say, there's not a lot of attention to FM Radio.
- AstralStorm 7y agoWe could be using more advanced variants of DAB+/DVB/DMB protocols instead. It is still simple compared to WiFi but way more resilient than Bluetooth. But we get regulation in the way...