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Re:Six dead after tornadoes destroy Amazon warehouse near St... by oatz on Saturday December 11, 2021 @07:47PM (#29525909)
You can use your phone as an FM/AM radio receiver. Tune to your local station.
Re:Six dead after tornadoes destroy Amazon warehouse near St... by BeetleB on Saturday December 11, 2021 @08:17PM (#29526110)
Not true for all phones. I know I checked with at least one of my older phones (a Samsung Galaxy) and it could not do radio.

Edit: Checked: My current phone doesn't support radio as well.

Re:Six dead after tornadoes destroy Amazon warehouse near St... by readflaggedcomm on Saturday December 11, 2021 @08:03PM (#29526024)
Not all, not even most from the listings I looked at a few years ago. Only one of the three old Android phones I have supports it, and it's one without a recognizable brand (the other two are Samsung and LG).
Re:Six dead after tornadoes destroy Amazon warehouse near St... by driverdan on Saturday December 11, 2021 @09:03PM (#29526398)
I downvoted you because very few phones have AM and/or FM receivers. I've never owned a phone with one. None of the most popular phones have had them.
Re:Six dead after tornadoes destroy Amazon warehouse near St... by themark on Saturday December 11, 2021 @08:23PM (#29526148)
Can you do this on an iPhone? The first time I was in a Tesla, my initial thought was why can’t my phone tune into FM Radio.
Re:Six dead after tornadoes destroy Amazon warehouse near St... by kevin_thibedeau on Saturday December 11, 2021 @08:50PM (#29526308)
First step is to plug in headphones to serve as an antenna. Then you're all set.
Re:Six dead after tornadoes destroy Amazon warehouse near St... by jazzyjackson on Saturday December 11, 2021 @08:35PM (#29526209)
wow TIL Teslas don’t come standard with a radio, who do they think they are, Lotus? ;-)
Re:Six dead after tornadoes destroy Amazon warehouse near St... by speedgoose on Sunday December 12, 2021 @01:58AM (#29527703)
I'm not sure it's what he said. Mine has a radio.
Re:Six dead after tornadoes destroy Amazon warehouse near St... by jazzyjackson on Sunday December 12, 2021 @02:00AM (#29527706)
wow look at this guy, got the upgraded entertainment package with AM/FM radio!

(I kid, seems to be something that changes with the model year)

Re:Six dead after tornadoes destroy Amazon warehouse near St... by speedgoose on Sunday December 12, 2021 @02:37AM (#29527820)
Re:Six dead after tornadoes destroy Amazon warehouse near St... by hereforphone on Saturday December 11, 2021 @07:52PM (#29525950)
I assume you're talking about streaming the station over the Internet
Re:Six dead after tornadoes destroy Amazon warehouse near St... by hutzlibu on Saturday December 11, 2021 @08:01PM (#29526010)
No he or she is not, a radio receiver is not such a high tech after all and I think all of my mobile phones had or have that feature build in, even though I never used it (in some you would have to have earphones plugged in as a antenna)
Re:Six dead after tornadoes destroy Amazon warehouse near St... by mmcgaha on Saturday December 11, 2021 @08:21PM (#29526134)
I haven't had a phone with built in radio, but back in the late 0s I had an ipod with a built in FM radio, and it was the coolest radio I ever had. You could pause and rewind it like a tivo. I assume the radio on a smart phone would be about the same.
Re:Six dead after tornadoes destroy Amazon warehouse near St... by thepasswordis on Saturday December 11, 2021 @08:05PM (#29526035)
Do you live in the American Midwest?