LG Stylus 2 is the world’s first smartphone to feature DAB

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Smartphones usually come fitted with an FM radio tuner or have to rely on Internet radio which eats into data. Now there's another way...

The LG Stylus 2 has a DAB+ chipset and comes with a new version of the Radioplayer app that allows it to support DAB radio broadcasts, and DAB+ where it is available. This means digital radio on the move from your phone, without requiring a network connection.

Owners of the Stylus 2 will be able to access DAB broadcasts through a new version of the Radioplayer app. This hybrid version will automatically switch between a DAB and streaming signal depending on signal strength.

The US doesn't support DAB/DAB+, instead having its own HD Radio standard, so the LG Stylus 2 will be available in Australia, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway and the UK (although DAB+ is not available in the UK).

If you'd rather your phone focused on sound quality, then LG's new G5 phone with a modular hi-fi DAC might be more to your liking...

Max Langridge
Max Langridge

Max is a staff writer for What Hi-Fi?'s sister site, TechRadar, in Australia. But being the wonderful English guy he is, he helps out with content across a number of Future sites, including What Hi-Fi?. It wouldn't be his first exposure to the world of all things hi-fi and home cinema, as his first role in technology journalism was with What Hi-Fi? in the UK. Clearly he pined to return after making the move to Australia and the team have welcomed him back with arms wide open.