Google Pixel devices finally have a real default weather app
by Dan Seifert from The Verge - All Posts on (#6CEFW)
Finally, a real Pixel Weather app. This particular forecast is for the birds, though. Google finally has a default weather app to compete with Apple and Samsung. Though Pixel phones have long been able to display the current weather in widgets, tapping on those widgets just launched a basic screen with a cute weather frog and a handful of stats. It felt like a web page because that's basically what it was.
With the launch of the Pixel Tablet earlier this week, Google has rectified that situation. Its new weather app - which is accessed via the same widgets as before, as there's no icon to launch it - has a much nicer design without losing the playfulness of the older experience. It has 10-day and 24-hour forecasts; wind, humidity, barometric pressure, and UV index reports, plus current sun position and sunrise / sunset...