LG and TagStation LLC, owner of the NextRadio app, have partnered to bring FM radio to future LG smartphones in the US, Canada and Latin American nations. The news was announced in an official statement yesterday, in which TagStation also said that LG would preload NextRadio onto "various models," pending carrier agreements.
"The collaboration will allow LG clients to tune in and encounter live, local radio on their smartphones in a brand new way and give access to audio crisis alerts regardless of the possibility that cellular coverage ends up plainly congested or unavailable," composed TagStation in the official statement, adding, "The immediate association with the phone's FM chip allows clients to utilize 3 times less battery and 20 times less data than streaming radio apps when tuning in to NextRadio broadcasts."
This would be overall great news for consumers however it may disappoint carriers. By enabling the FM chips — which frequently come in smartphones and are now and then disabled in the US via carriers — consumers could save data and battery life, two prized smartphone assets . Carriers, meanwhile, would miss out on those using data to access radio services through the internet, or taking out plans with higher data allowance on account of that sort of usage.
We don't yet know which LG phones will feature the FM radio capabilities, however to discover which smartphones are compatible with NextRadio as of now, look at the full rundown here (
http://nextradioapp.com/supported-devices/ ). Give us your thoughts on this news in the comments.
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