Re: Compatibility...
"Without arguing about the techy element of how compatibility, is actually delivered in hardware, many modern devices , from phones to smart watches, include GLONASS compatibility and the latest Huawei smartphones, unsurprisingly, integrate Beidou compatibility."
The "techy element" is the only relevant thing about compatibility. Many modern devices can use multiple different satnav systems because they include multiple different receivers, along with different software to interpret the signal. Doing this costs more money, takes up more space, uses more battery, and so on, which is why most devices don't do this, and even those that do generally only cover a couple of the more regionally relevant systems. From a consumer point of view it doesn't make much difference, but when it comes to criticising India for "not being compatible", as the OP did, noting that it's possible to include lots of different hardware to cover different systems is utterly irrelevant.
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