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Phones should have FM radio again (www.spacebar.news)
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[–] thehatfox 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That’s been going on for years. I had a Nexus One back in 2010, it had the radio hardware but no software support in the stock ROM. When I installed an alternate ROM the radio worked just fine.

Removing headphone jacks is more about saving internal space and pushing Bluetooth headphone sales than a ploy to stop radio listening though.