how do I enable the FM receiver on my iPhone 6

I kept hearing about this supposed FM receiver, thanks for the education. I also have a new iPod, which does have an FM receiver that works pretty well with the earphones plugged in as antenna - not great but adequate anyway. It is no substitute however for even a retail $10 AM/FM portable radio, those have a much better preset function, AM, and other features the iPod does not offer. But it's a nice convenience in the iPod just the same, its mini size and weight are a big plus.

leaping wrote:

I don't have the answer to this question but am really disappointed that it actually has an FM receiver. Just that it is not activated. Even if it doesn't, I'm still feeling disappointed. What is Apple's issue? Really, it is not logical. I need to rely on apps to listen to the radio. Often, what you hear is a few second late. It is impossible to participate in any radio show. And if you transition between wifi and data, you get cut off. Just activate it or put the receiver in. Is it that big a deal?

So buy a radio if that is so important to you. Or a phone that has one.

FM radio is not reliable in any case; just as cell service.

In any case, if this feature is a must for you, tell Apple. Good luck.

www.apple.com/feedback

FM? I'd much rather have AM.

As with most things this problem is mostly about money. The companies that make smart phones and provide cell phone service are not going to spend money to enable and support a feature that would allow customers to use less of their data plan. ie Lower the chance that they would go over or decide to upgrade their data plan. Likewise the organizations pushing for this are representing radio broadcasters trying to encourage people to listen to radio stations more. Thereby increasing their ratings and allowing them to make more money from advertisements. If you want this for emergency situations then a battery or hand crank radio would be a much more feasible option. If your trying to use less data there are a few companies that offer unlimited plans and some that allow streaming music services to not count against your data plan.

You should have a look on internet before saying that.

Take a look a that

Thierry Boufflet wrote:

You should have a look on internet before saying that.

http://freeradioonmyphone.org/

There is nothing on that website that confirms the iPhone has the requisite hardware. And hardware is more than just a chip.

Will this link be enough to convince you that Apple has deliberately desactivate the FM fonction ? It is not a technical issue.

Appart from a ship with FM capability, an antenna (generally un the cable of the headphones, not in iphone 7) and a sound system. Averything is already in the phone, doesn't it?

NAB is a lobbying group for the broadcasting industry. The self-serving article is short on tech on long on politics. As Meg said hardware is more than just a chip. Putting the other requisite hardware will change the design and technical requirements of the phone as it is now.

As has been stated before on this thread, if you feel this is so important to you:

1). Buy a phone that has that functionality, and suits your needs.

2). Give feedback to Apple as indicated elsewhere in the thread.

Arguing here with people who cannot do anything about it is pointless.

Thierry Boufflet wrote:

Will this link be enough to convince you that Apple has deliberately desactivate the FM fonction ? It is not a technical issue.

Appart from a ship with FM capability, an antenna (generally un the cable of the headphones, not in iphone 7) and a sound system. Averything is already in the phone, doesn't it?

Quoting directly from the article you linked to "To create a reliable and direct FM audio feed, the iPhone would need to incorporate a built-in antenna, which could add bulk to the handset."

No, Apple's not going to do that.

Thierry Boufflet wrote:

Will this link be enough to convince you that Apple has deliberately desactivate the FM fonction ? It is not a technical issue.

Appart from a ship with FM capability, an antenna (generally un the cable of the headphones, not in iphone 7) and a sound system. Averything is already in the phone, doesn't it?

No, the link is from someone with an agenda, and it leaves out the fact that everything is NOT in the phone. First, you need an antenna (which it does mention). Which is traditionally the headset cord. As most iPhone users have BlueTooth headsets, there is no headset cord for those users. Next, the chip is there, but the pins for the antenna, tuning the radio, and for getting the audio out of the chip are not connected to anything (I've reviewed the spec sheet for the chip). So it would be necessary to redesign the logic board. And, as the audio is analog, and the iPhone 7 has entirely digital audio, there would be no way to ever implement it in an iPhone 7.

For $4.99 you can buy a headset cord with a built in FM radio. That is a practical solution that will not add manufacturing cost to the iPhone (which would be passed along to all users, even though only 10 people will ever want it).

While we are on links, will this link convince you that people have been abducted by aliens?

Lawrence Finch wrote:

While we are on links, will this link convince you that people have been abducted by aliens?

I'm convinced.

So you're phone does have an FM transceiver (transmit/receive). It is activated in your phone to work within the Wireless Data/Communication spectrum. Not FM radio spectrum. Also explained as your phone communicates to the cell towers and other things on a different frequency and isn't currently programmed to be tuned to receive in the entertainment radio spectrum. Your phone might be tuned to receive 330.1-430.9 and not any of the radio stations you're familiar with between 88.1-107.9 . you would need an app in order to tune these. iphone doesn't currently support any app that does this. I'm almost positive the Old 3g iphones did but it went away quickly for some unknown reason to me.

Comm_Nav wrote:

So you're phone does have an FM transceiver (transmit/receive). It is activated in your phone to work within not any of the radio stations you're familiar with between 88.1-107.9 . you would need an app in order to tune these. iphone doesn't currently support any app that does this.

I think you missed the repeated explanations that the iPhone would need an antenna for those stations. The phone doesn't support any apps because it doesn't have the hardware.

nice but it requires hard headphones. Why not allow the use of bluetooth headsets?

There is no mention of a program to dial, but the picture illustrates one running on the phone.