After releasing with Wear OS 3, the Google Weather app is now going away with Wear OS 6, though there are some caveats.
On Wear OS 5 or earlier, there are no changes, and you can “continue to use and download the existing Weather app from the Play Store.”
The app has a single feed design with current temperature, high/low, UV index, and precipitation chance appearing first. This is followed by forecasts for the next 8 hours and 5 days, with the final section being for sunset/sunrise. There are various watch face complications and three Tiles for Forecast, Sun, and UV Index. It’s unlikely that the app will get a Material 3 Expressive redesign.
If you’re already installed the Weather app (its icon is a ‘G’ in the sun with a cloud) on Wear OS 6, you “will be able to keep using it.”
However, the app is “no longer available for new installations.” Google points to how OEMs offer their own default weather apps, as well as third-party apps on the Play Store.
New users may have access to a new default weather app on their watch, or you can download a different weather app from the Play Store.
Additionally, “you can continue to ask Gemini or Google Assistant for weather updates” on Wear OS 3+.
Pixel Watch owners on Wear OS 6 will be directed to the new Pixel Weather app: “Your watch will automatically come with (or be upgraded to) the new Pixel Weather app. You don’t need to do anything.”
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