
While early Apple iPhones used Broadcom chips, which were in theory able to process FM signals, Apple left the radio receiver functionality inactive.
Nonetheless, smartphones ushered in a new era of listening to music and radio, and today apps enable integrated listening of radio, podcasts and music. The smartphone is now one of the most popular audio devices in use.
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia acknowledges Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live and gives respect to their Elders both past and present.