Why do smartphones need the FM chip enabled?

Almost all smartphones sold today in the US, including the iPhone, have an FM chip in their LTE modems. However, link providers and phone manufacturers keep the chip off, probably for financial reasons.

Ajit Pai, who was appointed president of the US FCC in January, would like to see more phones to have these FM receivers enabled. FM chip

"You could activate the chips for public security purposes only", said (PDF) at the North American Association's Future of Radio and Audio Symposium this week.

Although they would like link providers and device manufacturers to turn on FM receivers, he said he would not force anyone to turn them on and let the market decide.

Pai underlined that only 44% of smartphones have the FM chip enabled in the US and a much smaller percentage in Canada, compared to a Mexican 80%.

If Apple enables the FM chip in the iPhone, it would likely boost FM activations dramatically across the board. As reported by MacRumors, the Pai's found that 94 percent of phones that don't have FM chips enabled are iPhones.

Pai epνε πολλά οφέλη από την ενεργοποίηση. Για παράδειγμα, χρησιμοποιώντας το FΜ chip η διάρκεια ζωής της θα μεγάλωνε και τα δεδομένα κινητής θα ήταν λιγότερα. Το chip θα επέτρεπε επίσης τη λήψη ειδοποιήσεων έκτακτης ανάγκης, όταν το ασύρματο it is overloaded.

Some providers, such as AT&T and , recently decided to enable the FM chip on Android devices, and the move seems to have had an impact. Pai reported that the share of enabled FM chips had increased by 25 percent compared to chips enabled two years ago.

"As more and more Americans have FM chips enabled on their smartphones, consumer demand should continue to grow."

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