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Are there still apps and the underlying hardware in smartphones to receive and decode FM RDS? IIRC some phone chips had FM radio receivers, but there were limit
by Zigurd 2y ago
Are there still apps and the underlying hardware in smartphones to receive and decode FM RDS? IIRC some phone chips had FM radio receivers, but there were limitations like needing a wired headphone plugged in so that the headphone cable could be used as an antenna. I know a USB SDR could do it, but it would be neat if this were still a latent capability in the phone.
Of course I did a search in the Play Store but it's crowded with streaming radio apps and SDR apps.
- brokenmachine 2y agoYes. My Samsung has an FM radio. A lot do. https://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?chkFMradio=selected https://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?chkFMradio=selected returns 7010 models, lol. edit: oops you mean specifically RDS. Of that I'm not sure. I just opened the "Radio" app on my phone (for the first time ever!) and you did have to have the headphones plugged in to receive, but I couldn't see anywhere in the really basic looking app for RDS info to show up.