AT&T wants your smartphone to get FM radio

There’s an FM radio hidden inside of most smartphones, even though most phones in the US don’t actually allow you to use it. But soon, they may start working if you’re on AT&T. AT&T is starting to ask phone manufacturers to turn on the FM radios inside of their phones. A person familiar with the matter tells The Verge that AT&T isn’t making radio activation a requirement, despite what some news releases are saying. Still, it could have a big impact: for the most part, FM receivers seem to be turned off because carriers want it that way. Now that AT&T wants them turned on, there’s a decent chance of that happening.