The phones with the best / most accurate compass sensor
- By j7terrill
- Android Development
- 17 Replies
I came here from the future (2023) to tell you all that what Android calls a "compass" is really only a simulator these days. Unless you pay for a top of the line android phone - your "compass" is software, using WiFi signals and other data to simulate your location. The hardware version of a "compass" is called a magnetometer and it took me two hours of searching to figure out that my Galaxy A13 does not have one. I am disappointed because I can't contribute to CrowdMag when I only have a "simulator" on my phone. It also points to a larger looming problem with smartphones getting too smart for basic efficiency and people believing they can do things they, in fact, cannot.
