Microsoft has now confirmed it has removed the built-in FM Radio app inside Windows 10 Mobile from its development branch builds and it will be cut from the OS going forward.
Microsoft quietly removed the FM Radio app in the Windows 10 Mobile preview build 14322 that was released to Insiders in mid-April. More recently, a member of the Windows Insider Engineering team, answered a question about its disappearance with this response:
@gradea_rudolf @brandonleblanc FM Radio has been removed from dev branch builds and is being cut. May use third party radio apps from store
— Jason (@NorthFaceHiker) April 29, 2016
Microsoft has not indicated the reason for its removal of the FM Radio app, but as previously noted, there are third-party apps in the Windows Store that offer access to FM radio stations.
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Microsoft confirms FM Radio app removal from Windows 10 Mobile
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got update today morning at my lumia 535,, ,,,radio gone
itz just a way of telling ppl that microsoft is crawling out of the mobile market
may be some day morning i'll get an update...and after restarting .............voila .....ANDROID
HA HA HA
The FM radio was one reason i moved from my iphone4 to lumia, i do pay as you go so no big data allowance to allow internet radio.
As each month goes past I become more convinced MS have been secretly taken over by an intern and no-one has noticed, they're just an endless fountain of stupid ideas in the last couple of years.
Management sat around the table deciding which features to cut. They put it to a vote. Everyone that uses the fm radio app on their windows phones raise their hands. One man raised his hand and said we all use iphones.
What are they doing??? They are going to loose Indian Market. Already Microsoft is strugling and loosing their share in indian aarlet and they are doing such things which will increase it. Dont try to be IPHONE. They are not providing FM because they are giving many more things. We love windows but if you do like this and remove basic apps then we have to shift on Andoid or Iphone. You dont know the importance of local FM in indian market. People love it. It provides latest News, movie review and new/old music collection on one platform. PLEASE DONT DO IT.........................................................................................................................
This is called "विनास काल विपरीत बुद्धि "
You suck Microsoft. One of the reasons I came to this platform with my att Lumia 920, which is still a better phone than my 950xl in many ways. And it runs windows 10 just fine contrary to your opinion
Is there another real FM Radio app in the Store?
Radio On (is Fm real), for Windows 10 mobile, WP8, y WP 8.1
https://www.microsoft.com/es-es/store/p/radio-on/9nblggh4t3kl
There is no FM radio API for UWP, so as for now no way devs can make an FM radio app. It doesn't make sense they remove a feature but dont provide an alternative to devs.
Remove podcasts, not this one. People in developing regions, (due to which something like the mobile versions of the Windows operating system exist, BTW; no one uses Windows Phone in the US for example) use FM Radio extensively. Microsoft saying "Get a third party alternative." makes no sense at all. I'm disappointed. Hope they change their mind. Fingers crossed.
Good job from Microsoft...!
The Fm app was working perfectly until it was removed without any tangible reason...
We're going to miss the in built Fm app
I want offline radio like seriously?????????????
This is just bull...
The only time I ever listen to FM is in my car. Not a big deal on this end.
Symbian OS was Cr ap free. Would like to havea phone, one with all the latest and best apps with nice hardware and good camera.
Microsoft: Losing Customer's... especially Windows/ Microsoft Fans day by day. Android sux Apple...ufff Pineapple. Windows was headding up and suddenly falling down now. Blackberry?? Alive?? NOPE. What happened to Meego or Linux based OS which gave life to Nokia N900??....Oooohhhh.....None of them capable of providing better OS till date. "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"....Time to go classic...Nokia 1100 crap free phone.
OK. I'm really done with Windows Phone. After X years we still can't get Snapchat. Features continue to be removed as fast as added. The interface has moved from the elegant, typographic treatment, compelling and effective, to parrot other products. It was poorly marketed and now mismanaged. Shame on you Microsoft for taking an excellent product and driving it into mediocrity. Done.
There are two good third-party FM radio apps in the Microsoft store: 1) Old Radio (simple FM radio with only basic functions - on/off, tuning); 2) FM Tiles - allows to pin every frequency/station tile to desktop for direct tuning.
It works and allow to receive FM broadcasting an build 14322 on my Lumia 535.
Microsoft removes Windows 10 Mobile. Install another one from the store.
So now during a crisis you will have no access to emergency transmissions locally. Perfect, tornado wipes out cellular and power then you can't listen to the radio to know what to do. If Microsoft had ANY sense, they would have expanded radio to include weather scanners. No, Microsoft's crack team of innovators have just sent us back 100 years in safety. Just Perfect.
If they release the build to Joe public I will demand a full refund for my 950 XL after it updates. When you sell something you can't slowly strip out functionality!!! I had to come off the insider build because of it as I use my radio every day. Why are MS so short sighted.
The Weird thing is that on Insider Hub app when you want to choose what app to report to there is still the app FM Radio while it doesnt exist on the phone xd
Please, +1 on feedback app: https://twitter.com/NorthFaceHiker/status/729765506966659073
WHY WHY WHY, total BS, that's the final nail for me. I have been using an iphone at weekends as I use my FM radio every week day with my 950xl. Now it is over.
I can only think it a cynical move requested by network provider or music app providers.
Why , I like these app :/
It was simply a control for the existing FM tuner built into our phones. It had no similarity or relationship to any online anything. It was just - a radio. Quality of performance depended on you device's quality. It couldn't be monetized - at all. That earned it an FU at Microsoft.
Bring back fm radio.
Bring back FM radio ,pls
Why down vote me?I should add that ms should consider some internal screening in the engineering department for an agent.What an unpopular decision,removing fm radio.
Damn.. Jerk move Microsoft.
Samsung removed FM radio from their Android phones a few years ago, I'm guessing there is just no huge demand for them any more
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Samsung Galaxy S7s recieved an update just last week on T-mobile that added FM radio support.
I'm really getting sick of all feature decreasing of Windows Mobile. Normal OS's increase in features but this one just goes backwards (and still it is too buggy to release a real high end phone).
oh microsoft -_-
I've tried most of these third party radio apps and I found them to be either buggy,incomplete or outright frustrating to operate.Bring back fm radio,pls
I particularly refrained from buying L620 back in the days because of the absence fm radio
Good reasoning
Radio FM Phone – https://www.microsoft.com/pt-pt/store/apps/radio-fm-phone/9wzdncrfhxns
FM Radio Player – https://www.microsoft.com/pt-pt/store/apps/fm-radio-player/9wzdncrdlxnm
What if I bought a car and I really liked the built in navigation system, then I took it in for service and when I got the car back, the navigation system was gone. Would anyone complain? Isn't this sort of like bait and switch? I made a decision to buy something and then later they change what I based my decision on. I could certainly understand it if there were some reason why it wouldn't work anymore, but if the hardware is there and capable of working then what the heck? Where can I complain?
I suppose one of the reasons MS can treat Windows phones users like dirt is that what ever catastrophic decisions they make will be heralded as mastermind strategy on fan site editorials.
What a great way to treat fans MS. The FM Radio is the only app i use, i hardly hardly listen to my mp3, that too only when the Radio coverage starts becoming spotty. Do they have any idea how many Indians use FM to listen to matches? This must be small for others but is game killer for me.
Another dumb decision. Did this radio app like bothered them? Sometimes ms makes no sense what so ever. Apparently i won't upgrade anymore. I like my radio, i need it to stay their. Don't need other apps to do something my phone was able to do without!
Aproved by me!
Seems like MS is now relying a lot on 3rd party apps and devs. And they say they're committed to win mobile!
Sent from my Certified Fr3sh Lumia 1520!
Too bad to see it go, I'll try to find it and sideload it.
But why
Good Bye Microsoft.......
No FM radio in Android either
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Yes there is
Obviously people who use it feel hard done by but just to provide the otherside I for one could not careless that it's gone I have never used it and I've been on WinPhone since 7.0. Others on here have posted that there are 3rd party apps that do the same thing so simply use them and move on. It's a bit like people moaning about Media Center being dropped from desktop Windows - so fricking what most people didn't use it and there are decent free alternatives like Kodi available.
If they were removing features and there were no alternatives then the complaints would have more weight.
Well said!
I don't understand why, but I never used it myself.
Pls bring it in india we literally need it
But i still have native FM radio app on my phone with preview build .242
Lumia 822
Found 2 replacement app that work on the inner FM antenna
Radio FM phone
FM radio player
That is the most stupid thing microsoft has done.
Who still listens to terrestrial radio??? That garbage has been unlistenable for years.
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Yeah, you're right. Nobody uses it. Radio stations just keep broadcasting because it's fun for them.
In TWC like India, FM radio is very needed feature. I'd never switch to iOS for this reason, Android on the other hand I may. The best FM tuner I have seen so far is Sony's with track id integration. Next is samsung's and then comes Lumia's. I'm already using 'Radio FM Phone' app because of functionality and ease of use over the native app. But many people don't want to go to store for a such a basic feature.
Commercial... Businesses... Want to make more money with Groove Music... But what I think they should have join Groove and Radio together because if sometime I like to listen to radio and Groove might suggest or show detail of the song and I might want to keep it and buy it. That would give Groove more success performance.
I agree and I like your suggestion. That would have been a better idea.
I've been using this Samsung Ativ S for two years. It has no radio lol. Dispite not being able to install Windows 10 it is a good phone.
Remove Windows from our phones. It will be so good!
Microshit! Time to leave this platform.
Smh Microsoft, smfh
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How stupid can this so called Microsoft be... Lol.. ROLF... And many more lol....
I am a die hard Microsoft and Windows fan, but sometimes I really don't get Microsoft... Like this move.. Why?? At least give is an explanation... It would be like Crayola stopped making Crayons!
Me too.
Ugh... Everytime I look at this site latley I find out Microsoft is removing another feature that made their phone software more enjoyable to use than Android.
Re: Craig M1,
Yes. They copy the worst of the other OSes.
Thats it, I'm going to cry myself to sleep. Im so sick of Windows Mobile. Features are getting removed without any alternatives.
Microsoft is blind to the optics. That's a fancy way of saying that they don't understand how it looks from outside. What this does is allow more news bloggers to write yet another article about something that windows phones don't have, yet another article about something that is being taken away from windows phone. It doesn't matter if it costs them a little to maintain. It doesn't matter if it keeps 100 or 200 people busy when they could be working on something else. The bad press costs them more .
Re: Zoom44,
Yes. Microsoft has always been blind to public perception. Dealing with the general public is not their strength. I wish they knew this and would work on improving.
This is been their issues ever since and it's really sad they still didn't learn from it. More and more people hating or having a cold-shoulder against Microsoft, and they still don't care and just continue to implement odd or controversial decisions.
It's really sad that Microsoft sure can deliver innovative technologies, but they're bad at public relations, so bad that even their own fans having a civil war because of them.
Even though the fact that there is always some tech journalism bias, Microsoft isn't even helping and just making that bias worst. It really takes to be a full fanboy to fully like Microsoft. This is why public isn't always enthusiastic about Microsoft except some bad news that can generate clicks.
Is it possible to 'crowdfund' a "free" FM Radio app? I don't know how to write apps but if I did, I would make one available free in the Store.
Re: Groover1971,
I think we need to be smarter and more business savvy. I wish Windows Phone was the platform where developers made better money and weren't constantly asked for free charity. The OS where given the choice of charity or paying, the Users pay. I want the platform to survive, so given a choice, I pay. Nothing can survive, if it doesn't pay it's own way. People need to be paid for their efforts.
If "crowd funding" pays for the development and maintenance, I still vote that there be a paid option.
Sign me up.
Best Wishes
There is already one. Very good and no ads. Radio FM Phone. Try it.
We want it OK
i have iHeartRadio. i can listen to my states or other states/countries radio stations.
No, you can only listen to ClearChannel stations. Which country besides the US has CC stations?
Canada
Our family all use the FM Radio with our headphones when we go the drive-in theather (yes, there are still some around). Since a 10 second delay would not be acceptable in that case, the internet radio apps wouldn't be a good choice. We get to have invidual volume controls and it just sounds better when you're sitting outside.
Since we all have Lumia 950s, we learned quickly that we needed to get another app. After looking around, the best app we found was "FM Radio Player". It's free and works without ads popping up in the way.
Excellent usage. Our drive in closed last year because they couldnt afford the switch to digital and the banks and land develops wanted them out ot the way.
Microsoft: Fewer apps = better phone. Whatever. Will the last person using a Microsoft phone please turn off the lights when they're done?
That might be me. I just bought a new 1020 (FM Radio and all!)
Then MS should include FM option inside the Groove app.
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The FM radio, without requiring data, is very important in an emergency/disaster where data networks aren't workring or are overloaded. Being able to get emergency information is critical and could save lives (i.e. hikers with only phones when a tornado is near).
Microsoft shoudl be ashamed of themselves - and sued for this. It's asinine.
I don't known what Microsoft team is thinking but removing fm radio is not an good idea becoz your app is reliable,efficient and it's good to use as compared to third party app. And there are many of them who doesn't like this party app. So plz think on it. Sometimes fm is good for mood.☺
I didn't know the fm radio in WP was an app, all this time I thought the phone had an fm radio tuner in it. If it does have a tuner and they are disabling it, that is a crappy move on their part. I listen to the radio all the time in my phone.
I wonder if it has anything to do with the proliferation of Bluetooth headphones? I used my plugin headphones to listen to the World Series but now I have nice wireless headphones so, obviously, without antenna the radio doesn't work.
This, actually could make sense.
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Bluetooth headphones exist for a long time, that didn't make FM Radio on the phone less useful. Though yes it doesn't work with anything wireless headphones, but the market of wired ones is still big, especially the high-end ones.
I even own one, but I still kinda prefer more on wired ones since they offer the best sound without costing too much and no worries about charging things.
MS do not learn good thing but bad thing from apple and google? they removed FM radio long time ago.
No fm radio, mix radio, no here drive. This OS is slowly falling apart....
Has anyone figured out how to download the XAP file for FM Radio? Maybe we can sideload it like Windows Phone 8.1...
Hating Microsoft for doing this - killing a simple app that worked and was actually enjoyable to use.
By this they have nailed their own coffin!
Not really, or maybe they already did? Idk, there is still odd decision going on while the platform is still a need of help.
Really ? SO why would I even bother with a Windows Phone that will not keep features on the phone ?
Sigh, another fail for Windows Phone...
That is why i dont want to update to redstone build.!
Is MS deliberately trying to make it harder to stay on this platform? Was pissed as hell when the specs listed FM radio for 928 only to come back and say that was a typo in the specs for that device. Now the Icon and others have the hardware and it's active so let's just take the app away. Nice step in the WRONG direction Microsoft. Really questioning why I am still on this platform.
Agree!!!!
Going backward following Samsung and Apple
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I am going to root it. FU MS mobile team.
Not cool for baseball fans like myself, but for music and talk iHeart and TuneIn do exactly the same without the static and offer more choice.
But do they have offline FM capabilities? Do they use headphones as an antenna?
#TeamLumia 950 XL
This is a horrible decision. Ever want to listen to the radio without using your data? THAT'S WHY FM STILL EXISTS (basically). I mean come on people. The app is basic as hell anyway and never needs an update virtually ever. Zero maintenance. Leave it there!!
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Why??
What does Windows 10 have to offer afterall? Stability? Performance? Apps? Good and wide range of devices? Nop nop nop nop. I'm really sorry but Microsoft is really pushing me to jump out of this sinking boat.
Wow Microsoft wow. Another shot in the foot? How many times are you going to do this? The FM Radio app is spectacular and is useful
#TeamLumia 950 XL
Will never understand these cut backs from Microsoft. I mean it may be a ****** app but like it has been said on windows central comments many times before, a native fm is a part and parcel of phones long before smartphones came into existence and its absence natively from OS is an odd decision. FM may still be popular in markets like India and buyers there will expect an built in fm solution from windows based devices. I don't know what Microsoft were thinking when they made that decision.
You just have to LOL or you'll cry sticking with W10 on Mobile.
8.1 Lumia 920 is the only WP I have left the others have been sold off.
Simply another very good reason to stay on Windows Phone and reject the mess Windows 10 Mobile is (and will be for the foreseeable future)
Don't care. They will remove it from 8.1 too.
Soon
Gah! Mobile is dead! They removed the FM APP!
Yep, guess I'm sticking with 8.1 on my 640.
This sucks. Pull your head in Microsoft
****
Great, you search on the store FM Radio and all you get is old Windows Phone 8.1 Apps. Might as well make my myself a fm ra
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These news don't faze me anymore. I'm so done with Microsoft.
I'm going to request on the Feedback app to re-enable the FM radio. It works and it came in handy when Tunein radio was down for Windows 10 Mobile.
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WHY?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
I think the reason for its removal is that FM radio is on its way out as a protocol. I believe Norway and some other countries are exiting FM broadcasts in 2016/2017.
Plus it probably had the same usage percentages as WMC on PC.
We have DAB+ in UK. FM here will soon be gone.
WTF Microsoft? I'm a Microsoft fanboy, but this is just plain stupid.
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Boo! I like my radio app that dosnt burn data. Not happy about that change.
Microsoft killed the radio app! Oh-a-aho oh!
I think at this point they're just trying to see how much it will take to push the last remaining users away from the platform.
This one is truly a retarded move, just leave the damn app there ... they are just taking functionality off the phones that have FM radio in them ....
Why not just include it with groove music
Way too logical I guess.
One more nail in the WP coffin. Corporate logic vs common sense... Common sense loses.
This is terrible. This is super important to me when I travel out of the country. How can they expect to be a true competitor when they water down the OS with decisions like this?
This is clearly a move to free some market space for their groove music service.
Microsoft killed a radio star...
Hahaha
People, voice your displeasure in the feedback hub that would be best way to go about it.
Done.
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We need a links!
Use the windows feedback app and select the fm radio app. Job done.
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Sometimes I just don't understand Microsoft.....do some do the d?
and another completely retarded move from microsoft. that app could not have drawn any resources over the last years it was never updated or iterated it just was available. this just sucks - i can not even use the app at the moment as i am using bluetooth headsets but it was (and still is) one of the easiest ways to get news and music if you run out of data on your contract.
why is microsoft continually trying (and succeeding) to reach a new low in customer appeal by removing perfectly fine features and ruining their mobile os?!
I use this app every day, in the morning on my way to work, on my way home, when I'm out running, all the time. I've used the FM tuner since 2003, when Nokia first put it on their phones! And it's not like I can download the radio shows from the BBC radio iPlayer. Genuinely gutted... :-/
Time to remove Xbox, groove, video tv and the phone App!
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Yes, but all the ones I've tried so far are HORRIBLE. The built in one was simple, easy to see and just worked. No ads, nothing. It just worked. Which is more than I can say for the entirety of Windows 10.
Strange as it is a standalone aop. No reason for it to leave the windows store. And that many use other apps ourely based on statistics is the lamest excuse ever. So which do they recommend? Im not going to waste my time to look for anothervradio app.what if they pull theirvapo? I have a built in fm transmitter in my phone. Is microsoft going to stopbwifi support too? Why they just leave the app in the store and just stop service? Granted as lot more is done streaming over the internet. But during a national emergency fm radio will always be more reliable than wifI, 3g, 4g or any other form of mobile internet. Its a last backup we have if the internet is offline in a disaster. And I'm sure that many countries are not as first world as the the united states. Makes no sense in the global market.
I'm guessing this decision has EVERYTHING to do with mobile app advertising. By removing the FM tuner, users will need to use ad filled apps or purchase ad free ones, thus encouraging devolopers to make streaming radio apps and MS makes money on the app or ads.
FM Radio isn't an advertised feature of Windows phones for a long time, also that doesn't guarantee for developers to flock into the platform. That doesn't stop like the likes of Spotify to exist even phones comes with FM Tuner, its actually got an advantage already since you can play any albums you want to play for free compared to ad-fest FM Radio.
FM Radio maybe not that popular anymore, buts really handy to have especially when you want to listen anything local and if you ever lived in not so good internet. Also in case of emergency and calamity, this can be an essential thing to have to get information when internet and cellular radio is down.
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Radio have to be...but if there is some issue then right:)
With any luck, they'll reverse the decision if fans make enough noise.
Yeah, FM radio is handy to listen to to cover up the noise my fans make while rendering videos.
Noooo!
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Glad I still have my Lumia 900 :P
I wish I could get mine back.
Looks like eBay would be the answer.
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Seems like they forgot that people went apeshit the last time that they removed it. And they brought it back only to have it removed again. But honestly I haven't used an FM Radio on a phone since 2008.
Well, in smaller towns you don't find local radio stations have a web streaming presence. The only way to listen to local radio (and get local news/info) is via the OTA radio...in our case, FM.
GOD! WHY? Going back to 8.1! I think that Win10 is going to be better than Android,and now this... Without a reason. -_-
Oh, just wait until they pull a Zune on you and kill all future updates. Never trust Microshaft.
Here is a good reason why this sucks! I was one of many stuck in Manhatten during the events of 9/11 trying to figure out what the hell was going on while on the street and what transportation was available. All the cell towers were swamped. Could not make a phone call. Same after Storm Sandy. Guess what worked? Yes, FM Radio. In 01, I used a Sansa device. In 2012 I had a Windows Phone with FM Radio after the cell towers went down and until I could get a generator up and running.
Dumb move -- stuff like this makes it hard to support MS. I hope at a minimum they open up the API for some 3rd party to do what they have failed to do in supporting this feature.
During a disaster, they chances of you getting streamed anything over cell towers is going to be very low because everyone else will be trying to do the same thing. AM/FM Radio will continue to function when cable and cell towers go down because most of those stations have generators with large fuel reserves to stay on the air and give people information they will need.
For anyone who thinks that the FM radio is a waste of time & that no one uses it, well a few years ago we had a major earthquake where I live & the power went out, as well as cellphone towers going down. So with no power, internet or cellphone coverage FM radio was the only way to listen to local information about the earthquake & keep up to date with what was going on. For anyone wanting an app that doesn't use any data, there's a pretty good app available called "Radio FM Phone"
Yup. Android in a few months.
Maybe they're just "retrenching" it, lol.
Meanwhile, the Galaxy S7 gets FM radio *added* (at least on T-Mobile). Way to go MSFT!
Digging a trench to bury all their unsold inventory in.
Retrenching to its own grave.
Seriously, what a time to decide controversial and odd decisions at times where the platform is not doing well and the small community we have already having a civil war.
Microsoft is really bad at customer relations. No wonder why alot of people hates or have cold-shoulders anything Microsoft, while people favors others simply because Apple and Google can please their customers very well.
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Wtf is wrong with you Microsoft?! Do you not see how ****** the alternatives in the store are? Worse, the api for UWP apps for FmRadio isn't complete. iHeart streams drop out and stop playin even on blazing fast WiFi....
Someone call Tron, at least he fights for the user!
-Mach 8 Solutions, LLC a software company.
Http://mach8solutions.com
FIGHT FOR THE USER!
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REMOVE Windows 10 Mobile then Finish..
WELCOME ANDROID
Why?? This sucks
Great, first they break Groove and now they are removing radio. Groove is somewhat fixed. I think the remaining issue would he resolved if the removed gadgets app.
How to be stupid?
Let other hates you.
Very bad design Microsoft.
Guys vote in the feedback app
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This will likely flood the Feedback wall. I wished we not come to this since I rather we have post feedback on something else, but looks like it will and it has to.
Microsoft is making controversial and off decision at times when the platform is not doing well at all. What a retrenchment days indeed.
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How poor of MS!! This technology will phase out anyway, i see, but why not let in on board "as is"? Secondly, I just read that in cities, because of more internet availability, small stations grab these abandoned frequencies. Which is a cool thing to listen to!!!
Typical MS FAIL!!!!!!!!!!
Hope they don't remove the hardware. To have FM radio was an important reason why I got Windows Phone OS/Phone. Don't remove our right to choose
Maybe I won't use it, but it should remain existed.
I never used it to be honest but, for any emergency, would be nice to have it
Me too! I don't use FM Radio that much but it was a godsend during the calamity. Especially when regular mobile signal is unreliable or when the signal is completely down.
FM Radio can be a good source of vital information in case of emergency. Its one the last piece of tech that works well in emergency times. Having it on our phones just keep it being a high-tech Swiss army knife.
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Boo...
Remove the photo app and change it to gallary....and make it faster ....currently photo app is slow as hell...swipe through photo photo is not fast than it was before...and camera app also have so many bugs while taking photo from camera by rich capture on ...sometimes photo is clicked with 720p and you cant zoom in that pictures ...it ruins my so many casual camera moments...so remove these apps bring lumia camera back to all windows phone and the old layout of photo app it was fast and accurate ...
I agree for being slow, but why remove when they can optimize it so thus it performs faster and works reliable.
The old Photos hub indeed though still faster, WP8 even got social feed.
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A few days ago, I was informed about storage reduction of OneDrive. Now this. Seriously? I bought a Lumia930 two years ago. Now all those 'selling points' are gone. And so am I.
Can someone name the FM Radio app that doesn't use an internet connection as a replacement for this? It is my belief that all of the apps in the store are streaming and sometimes I simply have no internet available.
TuneIn has FM playback IIRC
Nope, just checked, doesn't do anything without an internet connection
It's their strategy to force people to stream songs from their service
Money money money
Well this strategy forces people to not even use the service...or moving away from the plarltform.
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There are better office apps, media players, and maps available... It'll be interesting to see whether Microsoft dumps these dafult apps, too.
(Of course they won't....)
Every day a new app is removed from WP.
FM Radio is disabled in Europe... via the registry. No 3rd party app will work.
3rd party FM Radio apps work for me, it's just that they are crap, with bad UI, but they work. I'm from Latvia, that is in Europe
Can't get any 3rd party FM tuners to work on my 950, originally on o2 in the UK, but unlocked for any network now.
Many of the European versions of the 950 have it disabled. I had to edit the registry to enable it!
Works perfectly fine in Ireland, I use it daily
on which devices?
On my 735 FM radio works fine. And I can tell more: there is a bug that allow to use it without wired headsets. And yes, I live in Europe.
There are plenty FM Radio apps with better usage on store... So why not using them instead and support the windows developers instead?
They all have adverts...and don't have the simple elegance of the native app
Lol. Support? In what? Removing core features of a cellphone?
Ok you have a point. I understand the logic but it's not a big deal if you already have plenty of options.
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