FM radio app that follows frequency changes?

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[Hill Wimp]

My iplayer radio app works throughout my commute excl tunnels of course. My commute runs up from the South Coast to London.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

An Android app with RDS.... ?

 

[srw]

My Motorola phone came with a decent FM radio app...


.... but I don't think it's generally available. The trouble is, I think, that FM phone reception is not what phones were originally designed for.

 

[Tim Hall]

The FM radio built in to my S4 mini has a check box marked "alternative frequency". From the blurb:

If you turn on alternative frequencies, the radio automatically searches for another frequency if the signal from the selected channel gets too weak.

 

[srw]

[QUOTE 4291252, member: 45"]My m8 has a decent radio. The problem is that every time I cross a frequency boundary I have to pull over and change it manually.[/QUOTE]
If you are "pulling over", presumably you're in a car. Why not use the car radio? If you're on a bike, you're probably crossing frequency boundaries infrequently enough that retuning can be timed to coincide with a natural break.

 

[srw]

[QUOTE 4291306, member: 45"]Motorbike.[/QUOTE]
Awkward sod.

 

[srw]

You can get DAB or FM radios that run on a battery - how about one of them?

 

[srw]

Sorry - more constructively - I did search for a generic Android FM app when I was using an Android tablet. I didn't find one, which makes me think you're on to a loser.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

[QUOTE 4291211, member: 45"]Does rds follow frequency changes or just display info?[/QUOTE]
RDS follows the signal.