So they finally went and broke the Google Weather app so the widget won't work because it wants location permissions even when the app is not in use.

Homie don't play that shit. You don't need my location except when I am actively needing to use the app; go fuck yourself Google.

Is there anything Lemmy recommends?

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[–] 20 points 5 months ago (5 children)

I use breezy weather:

  • nice looks
  • you can add multiple locations
  • for each location and for each parameters (weather, wind, pollution) you can use a different provider
  • nice selection of widget that you can customize
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  • [–] [S] 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Perfect.

    And, just FYI: It's not on the Play Store at all. Had to get the APK from its github (since I don't use F-Droid).

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  • [–] 11 points 5 months ago

    If you prefer to get updates but dont wanna use f-droid for whatever reason obtainium may be helpful to you, it manages versions and will give updates from whatever repo you point it at

    I dont use it cause I prefer f-droid but thought I'd mention it in case you weren't already familiar :)

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    [–] 6 points 5 months ago

    Breezy weather is fantastic. To add an additional option, Weather Master (also on f-droid) is also great :)

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    Breezy Weather is fantastic indeed, but I prefer Flowx for their their weather graph widget.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    I see Breezy Weather has already been mentioned a few times. Just wanted to add Overmorrow as another option as well.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    Encase you can't find an app, a PWA of your local weather office may work.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    I don't need auto-location set. All I need is to type in the name of my city or area. Sound simple? No, we need to connect because there is always other stuff and things going on under the covers.

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  • [–] 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Set your permissions to “only when app is in use” at the OS level. Done

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    You can totally do that, but it breaks the workflow of the pixel weather app, and pretty much any other proprietary weather app. They will bug you about allowing location access all the time until you die.

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