In the last two years, the Federal Communications Commission of the United States, has urged all manufacturers that sell terminals in the country, to free access to FM radio, a chip that is available in each and every one of the terminals reaches the market.
The only reason to request access to the FM radio of smartphones is because it is the only way for users to users who are in areas affected by natural disasters, they can be informed at all times of the state of the roads, the planned aid, the weather forecast ... since the first infrastructures to stop working with those related to the Internet and mobile telephony.
The Korean company Samsung, one of the manufacturer that sells the most smartphones in the country, together with Apple, has launched the security update for the month of June for the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 + terminals. This update not only solves the security problems detected in Android and those of the applications that Samsung includes natively in its terminals, but also frees access to the FM chip of these terminals.
In this way, all users who have a Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 + will be able to listen to FM radio through NextRadio radio stations. As it could be done a few years ago, in order to listen to the radio, we need to connect the headphones so that they act as an antenna.
At the moment, Samsung has only activated the FM chip through this update only in the terminals that the company has distributed in the United States, presumably to comply with the FCC's lawsuit, a lawsuit that Apple keeps refusing time and time again, despite the benefits it can bring to those affected by natural disasters.
