What is barometer sensor in android?

The barometer assists the GPS chip inside the device to get a faster lock by instantly delivering altitude data. Additionally, the barometer can be utilized to provide ‘floors climbed’ information to a phones ‘health’ app.

Which phone has barometer?

For example, Apple, Huawei, Xiaomi and other mainstream mobile phone manufacturers have equipped high-precision barometer on their high-end mobile phones. For example, Huawei mate8 mobile phone is equipped with Rohm’s BM1383 barometer. In terms of the relative elevation measurement, the precision can reach 1 m.