Apple's iPhone 15 Pro adds India's GPS alternative NavIC feature

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Apple has extended support for NavIC to some of the new iPhone 15 models, seemingly complying with New Delhi’s push to adopt India’s home-grown alternative to the GPS navigation system.

Through over half a dozen satellites, NavIC extends coverage to whole of India’s landmass.

Its applications span across transportation (terrestrial, aerial, and marine), location-based services, personal mobility, resource monitoring, surveying and geodesy, scientific research, time dissemination and synchronization, as well as safety-of-life alert dissemination, according to ISRO.

Last year, India began pushing smartphone makers to add support for NavIC within a few quarters, Reuters reported then, citing government documents.

Many smartphone manufacturers were concerned that the necessary hardware changes would slightly increase the cost of the phones.

The global iPhone 15 Pro models also support NavIC, according to official specs pages.

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