Phones should have FM radio again

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Phones should have FM radio again
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I've never bought a phone without FM radio. I regard it as an emergency tool.

That doesn't help much if your country has shut down FM broadcasting though.

I didn't even know that DAB exists.

It would be very, very hard to make old and rural people switch in my country. We still have analog tv for the same reason. 🇨🇱

So long Radio Free Europe

Shutting down FM broadcasting doesn't mean shutting down radio; if you read the link, you'll see that DAB is taking it's place in those places.

Well, that's surely something to consider, but it's still not a fact. I wouldn't even expect that to happen in my country any time soon. I know radio is struggling right now, but I also know I can stream live FM radio stations from all over the world.

In any case, if DAB can replace FM even for emergency use, that's what I'd want in my phone.