Weather Widget

[PainFX]

Weather widget that doesn't drain battery? The stock one is hideous.. I kinda like the weather widget from the stock s4. Is there something similar to that? Thanks.

 

[Gekko]

Fancy Widgets
Android Does - April 3, 2014

https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...ls?id=com.anddoes.fancywidgets&token=ujPwNN2-

Fancy Widgets + H7C Clock Skin

 

[wookiee2cu]

I use 1 Weather and it doesn't seem to drain my battery. I have it set to show 5 day forecast (I believe this is the max) and it's free.

 

[bembol]

HD Widgets. I love it very customizable that sometimes it can be a PITA (if you're anal like me, LOL).

Been using since I switched to android and only tried Beautiful Widget but for whatever reason I just didn't like it even though they look similar. As for Battery Life, I don't noticed any issues.

 

[AZgl1500]

I just use "Weather Channel" and pull it up if I want it.

The standard Home Screen display temperature and basic info, like 'rain', or 'cloudy' or 'sunshine'

 

[Davidoo]

I have used the Weather Channel on all my phones and never a battery issue.

 

[PolarBear8]

I use 1 Weather and it doesn't seem to drain my battery. I have it set to show 5 day forecast (I believe this is the max) and it's free.

I've used it but it ALWAYS shows rain in the forecast.
It is inaccurate for me at least.

 

[Chief G-Hawk]

HD Widgets. I love it very customizable that sometimes it can be a PITA (if you're anal like me, LOL).

Been using since I switched to android and only tried Beautiful Widget but for whatever reason I just didn't like it even though they look similar. As for Battery Life, I don't noticed any issues.

I also use HD Widgets and I really like it.

 

[troshs]

Beautiful Widgets is what I use. Mainly because I haven't tried too many others yet.

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[Mattroid]

Beautiful Widgets is what I use. Mainly because I haven't tried too many others yet.

Same here. I either bought it cheap or got it for free (the Pro version) years ago and have just kept using it. I've not had an issue with it in a long time, and like the customizations it has, so I haven't bothered to try others in a long time.

 

[novasquid]

i just tried out HD Widgets and i love the ability to customize the widget colors, including making the background transparent. another bonus is that you can select the weather source, accuweather, weather.com or wunderground.

 

[Netherscourge]

I use Weather Screen. It's a widget + animated wallpaper that adds a cool weather overlay to your homescreen wallpaper based on the current weather conditions. (Shows moving clouds when it's cloudy, rain and rain drops when it's raining, snow, fog, sun, etc... and it overlays whatever wallpaper/background you want to use.)

https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...rbeat.wallpapers.fx.color.full&token=yoiGZx6s

It's pretty cool. It also darkens whatever wallpaper image you use at night (puts the moon and stars in the background) and changes the color levels (if you want) for the different seasons.

As for battery drain... heh, well, since it's fully animated, it will definitely add some drain on the battery (when the phone is awake that is. won't do anything on standby mode).

And you customize the widget so that touching the time/date/weather will launch whatever app you point it to in the settings. I have it set to launch Yahoo Weather whenever I tap it. It uses AccuWeather for the stock weather reporting though.

It's not free, but I think it's one of the coolest apps on my Galaxy S5. I highly recommend it if you want to bring some more life to your phone!

 

[Gekko]

i also love this widget -

Hourly Weather Widget
Single Minded Productions - March 2, 2014
Weather

https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...id=com.smp.hourlyweatherwidget&token=eQ5ANemJ

 

[ucfgrad93]

I use Beautiful Widgets for my weather widgets. The top 2 widgets are Beautiful Widgets.

 

[eyecon82]

Weather bug for me

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[PainFX]

I use Beautiful Widgets for my weather widgets. The top 2 widgets are Beautiful Widgets.

Now that's beautiful! Does it drain your battery? Is the clock a seperate widget?

 

[ucfgrad93]

Now that's beautiful! Does it drain your battery? Is the clock a seperate widget?

No, I don't notice a battery drain. The top widget is a 4x1 Clock & Weather, the next one is a 4x1 Weather.

 

[Mattroid]

Another example of Beautiful Widgets - this is the combined Clock+Weather 4x2 widget customized with icon packs and a transparent background. I have it set to open the full weather view with 5 day forecast when pressing the weather icon in the middle. You can also set it to use Accuweather or Weather Underground.



And in case anyone is curious, that's running Nova Launcher, Nexus 4 Dot Live Wallpaper, Extended Controls widget up top, four folders with most frequently used apps, and Simple Calendar Widget at the bottom which is linked to several calendars other than my own (which is partially why some of it is blacked out...). I had a similar look and feel on my S2 which also had a custom icon pack that better matched everything else but I think I'll keep the majority of the stock app icons this time around...adds a bit of color I suppose...

 

[PainFX]

No, I don't notice a battery drain. The top widget is a 4x1 Clock & Weather, the next one is a 4x1 Weather.

It's a nice widget but I did some search on google regard Beautiful Widget and HD widgets, both of them drains battery.

 

[ucfgrad93]

It's a nice widget but I did some search on google regard Beautiful Widget and HD widgets, both of them drains battery.

If they don't meet your needs, then I hope you find something that does.