All OS Has anyone tried NavIC out yet?

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Supposed to be active from the beginning of the year

NavIC is India's own GPS system but it needs a compatible phone and so far all the NavIC phones beebom can find are Chinese and run on Android

List of Smartphones with NavIC Support (Regularly Updated)

Check out a list of the best smartphones from Xiaomi, Realme, Vivo, and Asus with NavIC support you can buy in India in 2022.

beebom.com

 

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Unless our govt follows up regularly, phone companies won't move. Recently there was news that an Indian company made a NaviC-based chip, so hopefully, costs too should come down a bit.

 

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Military implications

The Garmin handsets issued to soldiers during Kargil were not accurate because the Americans switched off the GPS signals in some areas. Leading to us having to source Russian GPS equipment

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NavIC has been developed for India to become self-reliant without being dependent on foreign navigation technologies

www.deccanchronicle.com

NavIC has been developed for India to become self-reliant without being dependent on foreign navigation technologies, such as GPS, which are controlled by foreign governments that can interfere during military operations requiring special navigation.

Kargil War became the awakening call for this initiative, when the US government denied access to GPS map of Pakistan, a crucial matter at that point.

Lots of indigenous tech has gone into NavIC

16:00 Giri says phones made after 2018-19 are already compatible with NavIC. hmm, they don't advertise that feature though. We will know soon enough.

 

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Govt did give an order to that effect reg compatibility of phones. But the chips are missing, someone has to make them right? No word on that till date, you only hear GPS GLONASS mostly