The progress of science and technology is bound to eliminate some of the old technology, but in some specific cases, ancient technologies can often play miraculous effects, such as FM radio broadcasting on smart phones.
Recently, the United States FM broadcast application provider NextRadio told the outside world that the smart phone manufacturer Samsung is ready to activate the FM radio chip on the unlocked S9/S9+ mobile phone, which means that S9 series phones will support FM radio in the future. It is reported that Samsung also promised to add this feature in the next update.
Samsung Galaxy S9 Series It should be noted that earlier this year, Samsung worked with NextRadio to activate the FM chip on the S9 series, allowing users to use the FM function through the NextRadio App. This feature will allow users to receive signals from nearby radio stations.
Although the FM broadcast function is generally thought to be useless by us, this function can be used in exceptional situations such as power outages and communication interruptions.
Apple iPhone 8 Taking the hurricane disaster in the United States last year as an example, disasters destroyed data network facilities and caused the disruption of network equipment, resulting in the loss of many victims. At that time, mobile phone manufacturers such as Motorola, LG and Samsung announced that they had enabled FM for their smartphones. Functionality, which has played an important role in disaster relief. Apple's iPhone, due to its hardware fame that does not support FM radio, has been strongly condemned by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
