So folks like the intergration you can get which webapps do not provide.
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Since Gadgetbridge was recently approved, a guide for weather apps would be useful for those who want to use Gadgetbridge and test its function to display the weather on the smartwatch. Alternatively one could simply add the list of apps recommended by Gadgetbridge in their respective section.
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my goodness this is cool, open source weather apps integrating/interfacing with Gadgetbridge, first time I’ve seen that this is very good.
Yeah so another reason people use weather apps.
Maybe I should have checked more closely indeed but yeah.
Some of these apps do have an offline mode, such as WeatherMaster
Offline Mode: Access previously loaded weather data even without an internet connection.
Previously loaded weather data is pretty useless imo. I don’t need to know the weather when I’m out and about and can experience the weather firsthand. If I did, I would be forced to disable airplane mode anyways since I want up-to-date weather, not the weather from hours ago when I left home.
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While I agree with what you are saying, the point of my comment was that you can, in fact, use a weather app offline.
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You are welcome.
There are many benefits to having an app. One is having severe weather alerts, or simply rain alerts. Second is that many of the apps recommended are more complete than any weather website because they fetch multiple sources for more info.
Some have a few dozen data points, including things that are often left out like pollen&pollution levels.
Also, an app is just more convenient and the interface is just way better.
It only supports one source which doesn’t find the criteria.
Yes it can.
Many download weather up to 10 days.
On that note, maybe Trail Sense should be added.
It can use on device sensors to show temperature compared to historical averages and also provide rain alerts completely offline and can identify clouds with the camera.
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That’s interesting wasn’t aware of that.
Seem to be a bit more than weather. Why not if there are multiple sources.
BTW, page live (draft) at Private Weather Apps - Privacy Guides
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For QuickWeather it states
The app can give notifications about current weather, but “weather alerts” are only available if you give the app access to precise location, something we don’t recommend.
I don’t think this is true, I am still getting weather alerts for locations I have in the app, even without any location permissions enabled.
I don’t think we should ever recommend granting the location permission to a weather app. It’s perfectly sufficient to manually enter your location which allows you to be as specific or vague as you like.
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I agree. The message makes it seem like you won’t get weather alerts without it which, in my experience, is not the case.
I can’t enable the alerts, but this is in fact even if I grant access to precise location. I do get a notification with the weather, but I think this is for emergency alerts.
Will correct.
I agree on precise location, but Approximate location gives a 2 miles diameter circle, so it’s not very precise.
Edit: the above says we don’t recommend
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I see my misunderstanding. You need the location permissions for current weather.
You can have weather alerts enabled and current weather disabled. This gives alerts. Maybe they are only “emergency alerts” as you suggest. I am unclear now, as to the difference.
Sure but the app will still get a rough idea of your movements. If I set my location to Berlin or Tokyo or London the app will have a significantly larger area than 2 miles and more importantly it will never change with my movements.
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That’s true. At the same time, the only issue I see is when you travel. Because I don’t see how weather APIs associating the town I live in with perhaps a VPN IP is a big risk. Like I don’t see it.
BTW, iPhone users please tell me how well OSSWeather is working on iOS and whether it supports Approximate location.
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Seems to be working fine. Approximate location works but it’s not really optional, the app just has to deal with it of you don’t use precise location. They really don’t have a choice if they want to support it or not.
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