Editing Galileo (satellite navigation) (section)

=== Receivers ===
[[File:Galileo in smartphones ESA385423.jpg|thumb|[[Samsung Galaxy S8+]] smartphones receiving Galileo and other GNSS signals]]

All major GNSS receiver chips support Galileo and hundreds of end-user devices are compatible with Galileo.<ref name=":2"/> The first, dual-frequency-GNSS-capable Android devices, which track more than one radio signal from each satellite, E1 and E5a frequencies for Galileo, were the [[Huawei Mate 20]] line, [[Xiaomi Mi 8]], [[Xiaomi Mi 9]] and [[Xiaomi Mi MIX 3]].<ref name=barberau>{{cite web |url=https://medium.com/@sjbarbeau/dual-frequency-gnss-on-android-devices-152b8826e1c|title=Dual-frequency GNSS on Android devices|last=Barbeau|first=Sean|date=4 April 2018|website=Medium.com|access-date=23 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gsa.europa.eu/newsroom/news/test-your-android-device-s-satellite-navigation-performance|title=Test your Android device's satellite navigation performance |website=www.gsa.europa.eu|access-date=6 July 2019|date=21 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Price|first=Jack|date=10 March 2019|title=Dual-Frequency GNSS – An important location feature your phone is probably missing|url=https://www.xda-developers.com/dual-frequency-gnss-important-location-feature-your-phone-probably-missing/|access-date=1 May 2019|website=xda-developers.com}}</ref> {{As of|July 2019}}, there were more than 140 Galileo-enabled smartphones on the market of which 9 were dual-frequency enabled.<ref>{{cite news|title=Galileo-enabled devices|url=https://www.gsc-europa.eu/galileo-gsc-overview/services/galileo-initial-services/galileo-enabled-devices|access-date=2 January 2019|work=European GNSS Service Centre|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711134453/https://www.gsc-europa.eu/galileo-gsc-overview/services/galileo-initial-services/galileo-enabled-devices|archive-date=11 July 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{secondary source needed|date=July 2019}} An extensive list of enabled devices, for various uses, on land, sea and in air is frequently updated at the EU website.<ref>{{cite web | title=Accuracy matters{{!}}GALILEO ENABLED DEVICES
 | website=usegalileo.eu | url=https://www.usegalileo.eu/EN/ | access-date=15 July 2021}}</ref> On 24 December 2018, the European Commission passed a mandate for all new smartphones to implement Galileo for [[E112]] support.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geospatialworld.net/news/eu-makes-galileo-satellite-location-compulsory-for-all-smartphones/|title=EU makes Galileo satellite location compulsory for all smartphones |date=24 December 2018|website=Geospatial World|access-date=15 July 2019}}</ref>

Effective from 1st April 2018, all new vehicles sold in Europe must support [[eCall]], an automatic emergency response system that dials 112 and transmits Galileo location data in the event of an accident.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2015/4/29/8512845/ecall-europe-emergency-call-2018|title=European cars will automatically call emergency services after a crash|last=Vincent|first=James|date=29 April 2015 |website=The Verge|access-date=15 July 2019}}</ref>

Until late 2018, Galileo was not authorized for use in the United States and, as a consequence, only variably worked on devices that could receive Galileo signals within United States territory.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://medium.com/@sjbarbeau/where-is-the-world-is-galileo-6bb7bfa29e|title=Where is the world is Galileo?|last=Barbeau|first=Sean|date=25 October 2018|website=Sean Barbeau|access-date=28 October 2018}}</ref> The [[Federal Communications Commission]]'s (FCC) position on the matter was that non-GPS radio navigation satellite systems (RNSS) receivers must be granted a licence to receive said signals.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://insidegnss.com/official-foreign-gnss-signals-need-fcc-authorization-for-use-in-united-states/|title=Official: Foreign GNSS Signals Need FCC Authorization for Use in United States – Inside GNSS|date=16 December 2014|work=Inside GNSS|access-date=11 July 2018}}</ref> A waiver of this requirement for Galileo was requested by the EU and submitted in 2015, and on 6 January 2017, public comment on the matter was requested.<ref>{{citation-attribution|1={{cite web|url=https://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2017/db0106/DA-17-18A1.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170119085050/http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2017/db0106/DA-17-18A1.pdf |archive-date=2017-01-19 |url-status=live|title=FCC Public Notice, docket 17-16}} }}</ref> On 15 November 2018, the FCC granted the requested waiver, explicitly allowing non-federal consumer devices to access Galileo E1 and E5 frequencies.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/15/18097154/fcc-ajit-pai-gps-location-accuracy-galileo|title=FCC paves the way for improved GPS accuracy|work=The Verge|access-date=16 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{citation-attribution|1={{cite web |url=https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-355098A1.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181115170611/https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-355098A1.pdf |archive-date=2018-11-15 |url-status=live|title=FCC APPROVES USE OF GALILEO GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM IN THE UNITED STATES|last=Grace|first=Neil|date=15 November 2018 |website=fcc.gov}} }}</ref> However, most devices, including smartphones, still require operating system updates or similar updates to allow the use of Galileo signals within the United States (most smartphones since the Apple iPhone 6S and Samsung Galaxy S7 have the hardware capability, and simply require a software modification).<ref>{{cite web|title=FCC approval of Europe's Galileo satellite signals may give your phone's GPS a boost|first=Devin |last=Coldewey|date=November 15, 2018|url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/15/fcc-approval-of-europes-galileo-satellite-signals-may-give-your-phones-gps-a-boost/|website=techcrunch.com
|access-date=February 8, 2023}}</ref>