T-mobile S7 and S7 edge update adds FM radio!

[Oyeve]

Check it out!

http://www.gsmarena.com/galaxy_s7_a...mobile_brings_fm_radio_support-news-18089.php

 

[RossMAN]

Good news. Is this a real OTA FM radio or does it eat through data?

 

[Oyeve]

It's real Ota fm. But even if it wasn't tmo has binge.

 

[Red Storm]

Did the update, is there a Samsung FM radio app or do I need to download one from the Play Store?

 

[isekii]

Did the update, is there a Samsung FM radio app or do I need to download one from the Play Store?

you have to download a radio app

 

[Oyeve]

I chose Next radio.

 

[Anubis]

sweet a feature ive never wanted!


serious, why? im at a loss, is this something people actually want today. the ability to listen to FM radio on their phone?

I haven't listened to FM radio in 15+ years on anything

 

[Oyeve]

sweet a feature ive never wanted!


serious, why? im at a loss, is this something people actually want today. the ability to listen to FM radio on their phone?

I haven't listened to FM radio in 15+ years on anything

We'll Yay you. Why not have fm radio? We have dome decent stations in nyc. You waste energy pondering why people would want it. You must be of the apple variety "if Steve and Johnny says we don't need it nobody wants it".

 

[Compman55]

Why don't the manufactures lock them on? I am not understanding why carriers should be able to deactivate hardware that the oems place on the main boards.

 

[evident]

Not sure why this feature was disabled on pretty much every north american version of the galaxy. I had it on my international Galaxy S2 back in the day.

 

[Oyeve]

Not sure why this feature was disabled on pretty much every north american version of the galaxy. I had it on my international Galaxy S2 back in the day.

I think its most likely because the US carriers gouge you on data, therefore forcing you to use a streaming service and charge $$$ for data. TMO has binge and renders streaming moot as its free either way, so why not enable FM?

 

[slackerinabox]

Confirming this also works on Sprint - NextRadio from the app store's a nice, free fm tuner app

 

[Graze]

sweet a feature ive never wanted!


serious, why? im at a loss, is this something people actually want today. the ability to listen to FM radio on their phone?

I haven't listened to FM radio in 15+ years on anything

Eh that's you.
If you dont care for it just dont use is and ignore this thread. Not like this takes aways from anything the phone had before 🙄

 

[JimKiler]

Is this analog or digital radio?

 

[WelshBloke]

Not sure why this feature was disabled on pretty much every north american version of the galaxy. I had it on my international Galaxy S2 back in the day.

I dont think its anything to do with your carriers. I dont have it on my international S7 edge that I got direct from Samsung.

 

[WelshBloke]

Is this analog or digital radio?

FM would suggest analogue, yes?

 

[KentState]

FM would suggest analogue, yes?

HD Radio is digital over FM. So if this was capable of HD radio, that would be pretty awesome as well.