It’s a tablet that doesn’t have cell coverage. As far as I can tell no form of connectivity it offers is blocked in airplane mode. I guess it’s only there because base Android includes the toggle?
And in older versions it was a proper killswitch for radios. My previous phones couldn’t use any connectivity with it enabled.
They changed it at some point and added a toggle for “sensors” (at least on my android phone) that is different than the airplane mode toggle.
My best guess is this is because of accessories like Bluetooth headphones and services like inflight wifi and the need to turn back on those toggles causing some friction or confusion that makes people toggle off airplane mode which I believe breaks federal law in some countries.
Wifi, bluetooth, and cell signal all use different antennae and serve very different purposes.
It’s a tablet that doesn’t have cell coverage. As far as I can tell no form of connectivity it offers is blocked in airplane mode. I guess it’s only there because base Android includes the toggle?
And in older versions it was a proper killswitch for radios. My previous phones couldn’t use any connectivity with it enabled.
Yea it definitely used to be. I remember having to turn bluetooth back on to use some headphones.
They changed it at some point and added a toggle for “sensors” (at least on my android phone) that is different than the airplane mode toggle.
My best guess is this is because of accessories like Bluetooth headphones and services like inflight wifi and the need to turn back on those toggles causing some friction or confusion that makes people toggle off airplane mode which I believe breaks federal law in some countries.