Samsung S5 Weather Widget Download [UPDATED]
Cleopatra Elland
Ever since the time changed over night, the time on the weather widget is an hour behind. Anyone know how to fix this? It displays correctly on the lock screen just not on the home screen. I already disabled and enabled the Widget, Restart the phone... Dont know what else to do. Please help!!!
I know it's only a weather app and 99% of you all dont care about this kind of stuff, but speaking as someone in the design field, this makes me so happy. The devs in charge of had a lot of creative freedom here and it shows.
Before the Android 10 and One UI 2.0 update I could easily see 2 locations on my weather widget just by swiping the widget up or down. And it will switch between the 2 locations or more the way I set it.
Now after I got the update, I can't do that anymore..... I have to open the weather app, and change the location manually. Even inside the app itself I can no longer swipe left or right to switch between locations.....
The "widget" for weather provided by Samsung is sh*$t. Its a glorified link to the weather web page. What ever you chose to click just sends you to the webpage.
Apple's weather app is much better.
I agree the weather widget is poor in my Last phone which wasn't a Samsung it would automatically change locations depending on where you are. The Samsung one doesn't do this which is a bad backwards step
With this app, you can get an idea of the upcoming forecast for your current location with just a glance, seeing not only today's weather but the entire week's. You can also set up a widget on your screen so you check this information without needing to open any app.
One of the best aspects of Samsung Weather is that you can see updates on the weather at all times, specific to your current location, without having to change your location manually when you travel. You can also check the weather in other areas even if you're far away, giving you an idea of the weather in cities you plan on visiting or where your loved ones live.
Checking the weather is considered as a daily activity for people around the world, and one of the most common activities on mobile devices. Galaxy owners use Samsung Weather, powered by The Weather Channel, to help plan their day.
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Decorate your home screen with the Samsung Weather widget.
This widget is optimized for Galaxy devices so you can check the weather of any location you like easily and conveniently.
To view detailed weather information in the widget, tap the widget.
In the Weather app, you'll see your location's weather data and other details including alerts, forecasts, the UV index, humidity, wind speed, sunrise and sunset timings, AQI (air quality index), pollen, driving difficulty, and running conditions.
You can also change your weather settings by tapping the gear icon in the navigation menu. Here, you can change the unit of temperature (Celsius or Fahrenheit), give permission to use your current location to get more accurate weather data, and change the frequency of the auto-refresh to quickly fetch new weather data.
You can also enable Auto refresh on the go which uses the physical activity permission on your phone to deliver "more frequent weather updates when you're driving, biking, running, or walking." To add the app to your app drawer and make it easier to find next time, toggle on Show Weather on Apps screen.
The Weather app also has widgets you can add to your Home screen, so you don't have to open the app every time to get weather updates. If you don't like Samsung's Weather app, you can check out these weather apps for Android as an alternative.
Just like the weather app, a number of useful features on Samsung's One UI are hidden and left unused by most people. If you want to get more out of your Galaxy device, it's worth it to spend some time exploring the settings.
Home screen widgets have been a staple of the Android mobile operating system for a decade and a half. The home screen components that offer information at a glance have changed and evolved over the years, and various apps have gotten new widgets through updates.
Samsung Weather is the first-party weather app on Galaxy devices, and it, too, comes with a handful of widgets users can place on their home screens. Today, we'll have a closer look at these widgets and how you can set them up. (For this article, we're using a device running One UI 5.1).
All four widgets serve the basic function of telling the current weather in your location of choice, and all four have some resizing options. They can also be stacked with other similarly-sized widgets.
The Dynamic Weather widget is one of note, as it was added with the One UI 5.1 update. It's the only widget that emulates the Weather app's home screen through the use of animations that match the weather outside.
Whichever Samsung Weather widget you decide on using, always remember that tapping your widget will open the full Samsung Weather app, where you can get detailed information about the weather outside, forecasts, and more. So, if you set up a Weather widget on your home screen, you'll no longer have to use the traditional app shortcut.
Side note here from a former tv weatherman... who had a software company(LiveStrike)... there is a radar app (Paid) that is hands down the best in the android world. PYKL3 ... doesn't speak to the problem above, and yes I have the same issue on my Samsung Note.
On the a broader note regarding weather information, as Corrie says accuwether is not very accurate. My latest pet hate at the moment is weather information. This is mostly due to me taking on a allotment this year so when the weather is worng I do get my knickers in a twist.
@Shawn I've been curious of late as to how the weather reporting has been so off. It seems to be getting worse as time go's on, I would assume that with the advancements of technology and science things would be getting better. I remember as a child watching the weather before I went to bed and that would genuinely be the case the next day. Now evey weather station/app/site will be telling me it's sunny when it's pouring down out side. As a former weather man your thoughts?
I realise Im going off on one a bit, but Brits do like to moan about the weather, and I appear to be getting a case of premature old man syndrome. No word of a lie I keep yelling at kids to stay of my lawn, and loose the plot when a ball comes over the fence, a converation between me and my wife last week.
Ive found that it updates, and displays information faster than other weather apps, I have also found that temperatures vary from app to app, ive even seen some vary as much as 10deg. 1Weather has been one of the more accurate ones. I also like their widget layout.
I would like to see weather widget with more various designs. Cuz current weather widget style is simple and not detailed. You know weather information so important for daily life. I cannot use stock Samsung's weather widget styles cuz its limited. Also current MS launcger weather widget is limiting our wallpaper or launcher design. So pls give us more various design and more detail weather information with widget.
My weather app stopped working on 1/29. It will not work with a restart of the phone either. A message pops up every few minutes letting me know it stopped working and I can't continue using the phone until I clear the message. Is there an update that I haven't received yet or can I some how stop all the pop-up messages?
Settings > Applications > Application Manager > More (in the upper right-hand corner) > Show System Apps > scroll down to Weather and you should have two of them. Tap the first one, then tap Storage, then tap Clear Data and Clear Cache. Then tap the back button until you're back at the second weather app and repeat the steps, i.e., tap it, then tap Storage, then tap Clear Data and Clear Cache.
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