FM radio?!

[nthnu]

From what I'm reading, the Galaxy S7 has an FM radio! I'm on Verizon and it's disabled :/

"Contact your wireless carrier today to let them know — as a matter of public safety and consumer fairness for data plans — you want your phone’s FM chip activated for constant access to free FM radio!"
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[dpham00]

I don't think any of Verizon's Samsung Galaxy line had fm radio. Att s7 does, if fm radio, should you decide to switch to another carrier

 

[russel5150]

It is prob just disabled, but i dont know for sure. The phones probably come off the same line for the same region and then disabled according to carrier. I could be wrong.

Sent with my white Note5 with nonremovable back and no SDcard!

 

[ChicagoS7]

What applications can use FM radio on S7 AT&T?

 

[nthnu]

I think NextRadio.

 

[Scutley]

I don't think any of Verizon's Samsung Galaxy line had fm radio. Att s7 does, if fm radio, should you decide to switch to another carrier

All Android phones have a FM chip on their phone. AT&T and other carriers have enabled it. This helps with saving on Data, Battery life etc...

Verizon has choosed not to enabled it because they want to waste your money on data and other stuff. They can if they want but so far they haven't.

 

[Scutley]

I think NextRadio.

NextRadio is the app you use. You plugged your headphones into the headphone jack and they use it as an antenna. You can go into their settings on NextRadio and click on external speaker to get it through your phone speaker with the headphones plugged in, or you can just listen to it on your headphones but you have to have headphones plugged in. It's just like a normal radio but your saving half of the data. I like it better because there is less delay and I'm saving data,.