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Fascinating, I didn't know this. My "old" oneplus 7 doesn't support QZSS or BeiDou :/
by nimbius 3y ago
Fascinating, I didn't know this. My "old" oneplus 7 doesn't support QZSS or BeiDou :/
- SllX 3y agoThere seems to be a couple of different ways Apple's written out the specs for different iPhone years under the location section, but going back to the iPhone 12 Pro it has read the following: Built-in GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, and BeiDou Digital compass Wi‑Fi Cellular iBeacon microlocation Officially, I think all of the non-GPS stuff isn't supposed to work inside of the United States (enforced by the vendor), but don't quote me on that as I saw someone in a different comment chain mentioning that they've received a QZSS on their phone in SoCal at some times of the day under some conditions; but I think the tact most manufacturers take (and this could be a Qualcomm thing too) is if it's out there, may as well support it in an omnivorous fashion.
- throw0101b 3y agoFCC officially allowed Galileo signals to be used in the US in 2018: * https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-approves-galileo-global-navigation-system https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-approves-galileo-global-nav... * https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-approves-galileo-global-navigation-system-0 https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-approves-galileo-global-nav... Of course the actual signal was present in the US, but by not 'officially' blessing its use, the FCC reserved the right to use those frequencies for other things. By giving approval the FCC has basically agreed never to itself assign uses to the same frequencies, and folks don't have to worry about future conflicts.