N early every modern cellphone has a built-in compass, or magnetometer, that detects the direction of Earth's magnetic field, providing critical information for navigation. Now a team of ...

Your iPhone's compass uses a magnetometer, one of the many sensors found on smartphones, to detect magnetic fields and determine direction. Electronic devices, metal objects, magnetic accessories ...

Many tablets currently on the market have a very high-resolution, low latency magnetometer meant for geomagnetic field detection. Yes, it’s basically a compass but Android allows for the ...

Now think of a digital compass. They work by measuring the pull ... you might use an accelerometer to compensate for a tilted magnetometer. The process involves taking measurements from both ...