Many Android phones contain built in FM tuners, carriers just don't currently utilize them:

https://www.cnet.com/how-to/unlock-the-secret-fm-tuner-in-yo...

Interesting. This was pre-installed on all smartphones I owned (and I expect it to), perhaps this is something carriers incentivize to disable in some countries?

My phone can play FM radio by plugging in a pair of wired headphones. And while most young people don't have cars, pretty much everyone around here has one of those.

My cellphone is an FM receiver if you plug in earphones to act like an antenna. It's not like the headphone jack is going anywhere...

That hard "if" really bothers me, too. My phone has the FM receiver unlocked, but the software will not allow it to be turned on unless there is something plugged into the headphone jack (which my phone is also progressive enough to still possess). I am fully aware that the reception is going to be poor without a good antenna, but it really bothers me to have that option taken away. I'm standing right next to a kilowatt transmitter. Let's give it a try and see what happens, no?

Trust the computer, the computer is your friend.

And here I am with my iPhone 7 that does not have an headphone jack.

Your iPhone doesn't have an FM receiver anyways:

https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/28/16379316/fcc-iphone-fm-ra...

> “iPhone 7 and iPhone 8 models do not have FM radio chips in them nor do they have antennas designed to support FM signals, so it is not possible to enable FM reception in these products,” an Apple spokesperson said in a statement.

I'm not really "all change is bad" kind of a guy, but I've already lost the damn dongle 2 times and had to buy a new one. I think bluetooth headphones are the future, but for now they're simply way too expensive if you're going for quality :/

Pixel too :(