• Your best Google weather app alternatives (and what I recommend instead) Follow ZDNET:Add us as a preferred sourceon Google. • ZDNET’s key takeaways The Google Weather app now points to search results. • Pixel Weather (the app exclusive to Pixel phones) isn’t changing. • Local news station apps are your best bet for accurate forecasts. • If you’ve used the Google weather app (technically a widget on your home screen) to check the forecast recently, you might have noticed a change. • Instead of a visually pleasing rundown of the temperature, humidity, wind, and precipitation, you get Google Search results for “weather” instead.
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- Google’s built‑in weather widget has been replaced by a Google Search results page, a change that has been in effect for some time and is now widespread. The move appears to stem from Google’s desire to avoid duplicating weather data across its own Pixel Weather app and the generic widget. While the new interface still displays basic forecast details and the familiar Froggy mascot, many users find the old format easier to read. The article recommends turning to local news station apps-such as those from NBC, ABC, or CBS affiliates-for more accurate, human‑curated forecasts, and lists alternatives like Everything Weather, Windy, and Weather Underground for users without a local option.
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