India is booming with technology and you can various instances in the recent past, where India has shown that the technology in the country is growing at a great pace. In line with this, Qualcomm and ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) have collaborated to develop a new location tracking system that will be called as NavIC. NavIC stands for Navigation with Indian Constellation and there is now chipset developed by Qualcomm that exclusively supports this new location navigation system. In this post, we will be giving you a brief detail about the list of supported devices and the main difference between GPS and NavIC.
NavIC will, as of now, support 8 mobile phones and no amount of software can make it run on any other smartphone. Meaning that older devices and uneligible devices will not be getting NavIC support. The only device with supported chipsets that power them, will be getting the NavIC location system support. So, without any further ado, let us get straight into the article itself:
What is NavIC?
Developed by ISRO and Qualcomm, NavIC is the name given to the Indian Regional Satellite System (IRNSS). This is developed specifically for India and the regions around the 1500 km of India. GPS is based on the global constellation system while NavIC is based on the Indian constellation system. Moreover, it can be used by both Indian users as well as our armed forces. But instead of the standard positioning service for the civilians, there is a restrictive service for the Army, which allows more accurate tracking.
