Well yes, you are reading well, and is that something that many people miss is the radio on mobile devices. Yes, we can always listen to radio via the internet but that radio essence that transistors brought us is lost (and someone who has worked and done radio says it). A traditional radio that refuses to die will not die, it will continue to adapt.
And what do you say to me if I tell you radio lovers that iPhone's have a chip capable of receiving FM radio signal. Well, you have read it correctly, and all this is being known thanks to a request from the governments of Canada and the United States. The idea is to use these chips to be able to use the frequency modulated (FM) signal network as information medium in emergency situations ...
Un FM receiver that could be activated with a simple software updateObviously we would need an antenna but the headphones could do this function, as has happened so many times in old mobile phones. So the idea is power transmit information via FM radio in emergency situations where mobile networks are saturated. Obviously, if the telephone network is saturated, goodbye to internet radio, so it is more than interesting that you could receive an FM radio signal without the need for internet.
For the moment, always we will be able to "enjoy" Beats 1, the digital and world streaming radio of the Apple guys, you know, this radio that they have told us so little about ... Also, we have to bear in mind that Apple is expected to launch more channels of this Beats radio soon, as well forget about being able to use the FM radio chip of your mobile devices.