The truth is that Android never had the kind of weather app that users wanted to check first.
The situation got desperate back in 2020 whenApple bought Dark Skyand took it behind itswalled, fenced-off garden.
Now, iPhone users have Androids once-favorite weather app and a native app with its iconic status.
On the left is the current version of the Pixel weather app. On the right is the version that’s leaked out through an APK.© Florence Ion / Gizmodo
The Pixel weather app will get its overdue Material makeover.
The varying information panels will be modeled after the Pixels latest widgets.
Sadly, Froggy did not make it into this rendition.
Id be ready to retire if I were dealing with years of that kind of rejection, too.
It will also ask you for notification permissions to push through a forecast for your current location periodically.
However, I could not find a feature like that with the APK installed on my Pixel 8.
There are still plenty of third-party weather apps available to use.
But if Googles predictions are accurate enough, Ill likely find myself ditching this app for one thats native.
News from the future, delivered to your present.
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