Offline FM radio app

nandohyphen1

Know of any good privacy friendly FM radio apps that would work offline? From F Droid or Aurora Store? I used to use the FM radio app on my old stock android phone that came on it, but since switching to GOS, I can't seem to find a good alternative. I'd prefer offline, and not streaming if possible. Thanks! :)

nandohyphen1

All the offline radio apps on Aurora Store have a huge amount of trackers sadly - mainly google or Facebook :( Or I guess I create a new profile specifically for an offline radio app?

rufus

What model is your phone?

Are there pixel phones having FM radio activated?

nandohyphen1

rufus I never found a radio app in the all apps under settings when I set up GOS

rufus

Thats why I was asking before.
Probably there are no phones compatible to GOS having FM radio activated or implemented in the drivers.

It is not about the apps, it is about the drivers.

nandohyphen1

rufus OK! That makes sense. Maybe GrapheneOS will make an FM radio app one day, lol. ;)

Oh and I didn't see the part of your post when you asked what model of phone I have. Its a Pixel 6a :)

DeletedUser495

nandohyphen1 it is not about an app, required hardware is not present. In fact none of the almost 40 Pixels ever released had one and I doubt this trend will change. You can only listen to radio using apps over the internet, nothing offline.

rufus

DeletedUser495 required hardware is not present

you are right.
I thought that it is only a software question, but it's not.
https://www.ico-optics.org/can-a-cell-phone-pick-up-radio-signals/