List of all the NavIC supported Smartphone Processors
NavIC support in smartphones is becoming increasingly important, as the Indian government is looking to make it mandatory for all new phones sold in India to have NavIC support.
NavIC is India’s own regional navigation satellite system. The Indian government decided to develop its own GPS system after the Kargil war between India and Pakistan in 1999, when the United States denied the access of GPS to the Indian Army.
Qualcomm, MediaTek, Kirin (Huawei) and Tensor (Google) are the top smartphone chipset brands that have NavIC-enabled chipsets.
In this blog post, we will take a look at all of the NavIC supported phone processors that are currently available in the market.
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What is NavIC?
NavIC is India’s home-developed real-time navigation system, developed by ISRO. It stands for Navigation with Indian Constellation. NavIC uses dual frequencies(L and S band) that makes it less power consuming and more accurate than single frequency navigation systems like GPS.
The NavIC constellation has 7 active satellites. Of the seven satellites, four are fully functional and three are experiencing partial failures. The system needs only 4 satellites for active functioning.
ISRO has already laid out plans for a second-generation NavIC system that consists of 5 satellites. The first satellite of the second-generation system NVS-01 was already deployed on 29 May, 2023 and working fluidly.
NavIC currently provides navigation system in India and 1500km of area surrounding the borders and Indian Ocean. As per 2021 draft policy, ISRO and Department of Space is working on increasing its coverage area globally.
All NaviC supported Smartphone System-on-Chips:
In this article, we will take a look at all of the NavIC-enabled chipsets that are currently available on the market.
List of all NavIC-supported Huawei Kirin processors:
- Kirin 9000E
- Kirin 9000
All NavIC-supported Google Tensor processors:
- Tensor G2
Tensor G2 is the first chipset by google to support India’s NavIC. The Tensor G2 powers the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro smarphones.
All NavIC-supported MediaTek processors:
- Helio G99
- Helio G96
- Dimensity 700
- Dimensity 810
- Dimensity 900
- Dimensity 920
- Dimensity 930
- Dimensity 1000c
- Dimensity 1050
- Dimensity 1080
- Dimensity 1100
- Dimensity 1200
- Dimensity 1300
- Dimensity 6020
- Dimensity 6080
- Dimensity 6100+
- Dimensity 7020 (Renamed to Dimensity 930)
- Dimensity 7030 (Renamed to Dimensity 1050)
- Dimensity 7050 (Renamed to Dimensity 1080)
- Dimensity 7200
- Dimensity 9000
- Dimensity 9000+
- Dimensity 9200
- Dimensity 9200+
List of all NavIC-supported Qualcomm Snapdragon processors:
- Snadragon 460
- Snapdragon 480
- Snapdragon 480+
- Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
- Snapdragon 4 Gen 2
- Snapdragon 662
- Snapdragon 680
- Snapdragon 685
- Snapdragon 690
- Snapdragon 695
- Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
- Snapdragon 720G
- Snapdragon 732G
- Snapdragon 750G
- Snapdragon 765
- Snapdragon 765G
- Snapdragon 768G
- Snapdragon 778G
- Snapdragon 778G+
- Snapdragon 780G
- Snapdragon 782G
- Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
- Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2
- Snapdragon 865
- Snapdragon 865+
- Snapdragon 870
- Snapdragon 888
- Snapdragon 888+
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
- Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1
- Snapdragon 8+ Gen 2
All NavIC supported Apple Bionic Processors:
- A17 Pro
A17 Pro is the first iPhone chipset to support NavIC navigation system. The A17 Pro chipset powers the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max. The iPhone 15 is powered by A16 Bionic chip that doesn’t support NavIC.
Why do some phones with NavIC-compatible chipsets not support NavIC?
- Hardware limitations: Some phones may have hardware limitations that prevent them from supporting NavIC. For example, the phone’s navigation signal receiver may not be compatible with NavIC’s signals.
- Software constraints: In some cases, the phone’s software may prevent it from supporting NavIC, even if the hardware is compatible. This can happen for a variety of reasons, such as geo-location restrictions or any other technical challenge.
If you’re buying a new phone and you want to make sure it supports NavIC, be sure to check the phone’s specifications carefully.
