While smartphones have FM radio built into it, most manufacturers don’t enable it. In partnership with NextRadio, Samsung announced it will be unlocking the FM Chip in its new smartphone models within ...

Users with unlocked Samsung Galaxy S9 devices will soon be able to listen to FM radio. Carrier locked devices are already able to access the phone’s FM radio chip. The required API will be added by ...

According to a press release from NextRadio app owner TagStation LLC, Samsung will be the next major phone manufacturer to enable the dormant FM chips in its devices. The FM chips will be switched on ...

After Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma, many smartphone makers began activating the FM chips in their devices for emergency updates. Samsung will again continue the trend with its new phones.

Samsung's future smartphones will have unlocked, activated FM radio chips, according to the company behind terrestrial radio mobile app NextRadio. According to TagStation, Samsung has confirmed that ...

Not everything that’s old needs replacing or retiring. We’re still hoping smartphone manufacturers like Apple, HTC, Motorola and Xiaomi will ultimately realize they’re making a mistake leaving the ...

Samsung and NextRadio are teaming up to enable the FM chip on future devices. LG reached a similar agreement with NextRadio in August 2017. An unlocked chip and NextRadio’s app allows you to listen to ...

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai last year asked Apple to activate the FM radio chips installed in their phones in the interest of public safety. At the time, Apple claimed their newer phones didn't contain ...