The phones have installed through the manufacturer the FM Radio app to listen to any station, whether local or national stations. Some of them decided to hide it for some reason, but it is possible to know if it is hidden on each mobile device by inserting a code in the terminal.
Manufacturers usually include the radio chip, but it usually comes disabled at the factory so that some users can download one of the many radios available in the Play Store. There are methods to activate it, from activating it yourself like other solutions.
Find the radio app
One of the easiest methods is to find out if the radio It comes pre-installed, therefore searching for it among the many applications is theoretically the simplest. If it does not appear among them, we may have to download an application that does not use the Internet and uses the mobile rate data.
FM radio is essential for all terminals, since making use of it will make us connected to local and national stations in Spain. In most cases it is necessary to connect the headset to listen hands-free, without the need to put the headphones in your ears.
Run the diagnostic menu to see if you have an FM radio
In the case of Xiaomi phones we can know if it has an FM radio or not with the CIT menu, once we access that hidden option we will dial the code * # * # 64844 # * on the phone's numeric keypad. In Huawei the code changes, we have to dial in the phone application * # * # 2846579 # * # *.
Sony smartphones also require a code in the phone app, for this we have to write the code *#*#7378423#*#*, in Samsung *#0*# and in the Taiwanese manufacturer HTC we must write the sequence *# *#3424#*#* and on Asus phones we have to use the calculator and write .12345=.
Radio applications
If we want to useradio applications We also have a large crowd, one of the best is NextRadio, quite well valued by users and gives us enough options when looking for stations. To it is added a good list available in the Google Play Store.
One that cannot be missing when having it installed on the phone is FM Radio - Free Stations, It has about 50.000 stations, for this it is only necessary to be connected to the Internet via Wi-Fi or with 4G data.
