I can't get weather on my watch

[AC Question]

I have a Huawei W1. I downloaded some watch faves from watch maker that have weather icons. I can't get them to work. Looking at the watch faces on my phone (LG G4 on Marsmallow) the weather works, but not on my watch. Should I download a specific weather app (I have several on my phone already) or do something else?
Thanks.

 

[B. Diddy]

Moved to the Huawei Watch forum.

 

[Bossa8]

Is there anybody who can give advice please? I can't find a solution anywhere and it drives me crazy that I can't use the weather icons.
Thanks!

 

[PookiePrancer]

I'm having the same experience with my Huawei, and not just with Watchmaker. Every third party face I have that displays weather...doesn’t.

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[DrYoyoDyne]

Couple things,

First, I'm not having any problems getting weather on my Huawei watch using either Watchmaker or other watch apps/faces, so I'm guessing that you guys may be having a configuration issue.

First, what exactly is the problem? When you say "I can't get weather..." what does that look like? Is the weather object missing altogether on the watch face? Is the object there (usually a circular window) but there is nothing in the display? Is the object there but the display is perpetually at 0 degrees (or some other fixed number)? Or something else? Or, do you mean that when you hit an interactive weather object, the watch dosen't call up an associated weather app and shift to that app's weather display?

I would do the following: first, download a well-designed app with a weather display option (I recommend Pujie Black). Then, make sure all your permissions are correct! (you can do this from the app icon or from the app settings area on your phone). If the watch and the watch face are correctly installed and permissions are correctly set, Pujie (or any other well designed face), will autoconfigure the connections needed to display and pull up the weather app. You may, of course, need to go into the watch face itself to configure details like C vs F.

WatchMaker is more complicated. First, there is no consistency to the watch faces - some display information like weather or steps but generally they do not launch up a third party app. Usually, on WatchMaker, if the weather object is "interactive" it just means that hitting it will update the weather. ALSO, some watchmaker apps use a third party .apk for a non-play store wear version of weather underground. You have to find and install that app for the weather functions for those faces to work. In short, if you're having trouble with weather, start with Pujie or a similar app and make sure it works there before mucking with WatchMaker (though I understand the draw of watchmaker - once I found the various honeypots of non-play store watch faces that you can import, I switched to WatchMaker as my default wear watchface source!).

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[richrogers0]

Hello Dr. Yoyo,

I am having a similar issue. Based on your response above, here is some detail:

• I am simply trying to add the current temperature to the watch face (wt or wtd)
• When I add it in Watchmaker, it just creates a blank field
• The action to pull up the weather app works fine (another widget)
• Per your response above, I loaded Pujie and it pulls the current temp fine
• But I am having issues pushing Pujie faces to the watch. Unrelated issue, just annoying.
• IM Weather Forecast faces also pull current temp
• I believe Facer faces pull current temp as well
• So the issue seems to be with WatchMaker

Like you, I like the fact that there are so many faces out there with watchmaker. Anyway to fix the issue with WatchMaker?

Thanks,

Rich

 

[richrogers0]

Anyone have any thoughts?

 

[aa6vh]

There have been reported problems with the Yahoo weather service not working (as reported on the Watchmaker forum). Supposedly Yahoo changed their API, so Watchmaker no longer works. You can try changing the weather provider to the other one as a temporary fix.

Also some have reported better results by changing to a fixed location (rather than by GPS).

Refer to the Watchmaker forum for more details (Google "Watchmaker forum" to find the link).

 

[richrogers0]

That worked. I am a newbie and did not realize you could change it. Thanks, Rich