Does your AM/FM radio work reliably? Mine does not

[AltadenaAir]

Yes, stations may have a streaming version. But "radio" is that it is a broadcast medium: you don't need an Internet connection to receive it. This is especially important in areas where there is poor cell coverage, and in all disaster scenarios.

 

[Jono]

Many stations have a streaming version on iHeartRadio or another service.

Yes, I use Tune In for most of them, but I find myself going back and forth between car play streaming stations and tune in stations. It all seems a bit clunky. Ideally there would be a favorites screen that includes stations/content for all the possible inputs so the driver doesn't have to go several menus deep to change inputs. And while that would be great, the FM radio is unacceptably bad.

 

[michiganice91]

My whopping 3 month Sirius/XM trial ended today so I started using the local radio. I noticed FM favorites seem to come and go in the saved list depending on the signal strength. Unfortunately the signal strength seems to be very weak compared to every vehicle I've ever owned with an actual physical radio. I find myself having to manually dial stations way too often.

 

[Bobby]

My whopping 3 month Sirius/XM trial ended today so I started using the local radio. I noticed FM favorites seem to come and go in the saved list depending on the signal strength. Unfortunately the signal strength seems to be very weak compared to every vehicle I've ever owned with an actual physical radio. I find myself having to manually dial stations way too often.

I use my SiriusXM subscription from my other car through CarPlay in the Lucid. No extra cost and works great.

 

[AltadenaAir]

Good luck using your SiriusXM subscription during a natural disaster when cell towers down and emergency cell traffic takes precedence. Broadcast radio will work when other services will not.

And, we were sold a car with AM/FM radio. It should work reasonably well, don't you agree?

 

[michiganice91]

Good luck using your SiriusXM subscription during a natural disaster when cell towers down and emergency cell traffic takes precedence. Broadcast radio will work when other services will not.

And, we were sold a car with AM/FM radio. It should work reasonably well, don't you agree?

100%. I don't have a satellite radio subscription at all because there's plenty of great local radio in southern California. Unfortunately the only requirement to listen to it is that your AM/FM radio actually WORKS!