One UI 7 makes Samsung’s weather app smarter
Summary
- The new weather app simplifies weather widgets and offers clearer descriptions for UV levels, humidity, and wind.
- The new update includes a “life forecast” feature for tailored outdoor activity weather insights.
- This update makes the weather app more usable and convenient for daily use, with simplified widgets and easy swiping between locations.
One UI 7 continues to roll out around the world. One part of the update includes an oft-overlooked, yet essential, app refresh. The latest version of
Samsung’
s stock weather app includes new usability features, clearer data, and a brand-new “life forecast” feature.
A changelog from Samsung outlines the new tweaks (via 9to5 Google). This includes making the app easier to read, simplifying widgets, and being a little smarter about how it shows you the weather. These are useful quality-of-life improvements for one of the most frequently used system apps, even if they seem minor compared to everything One UI 7 offers.
Everything new in the One UI 7 weather app
Source: Sammobile
One of the first changes you will notice is the limited options for a weather widget, which has been pared down to just two. In a lot of ways, this simplified approach to widgets is more useful than the endless variety of previous iterations. These widgets still expand to display more data when tapped while staying simple enough to manage the home screen.
There is also a new “life forecast” feature. This tailors weather forecasts to outdoor activities, letting you know if it will be a good time to go running or camping, or even stargazing. You can select which common outdoor activities the app should show you.
There are also more readable descriptions for other weather updates, such as UV levels, humidity, and wind conditions. This makes it much easier to get an overall idea of the weather with a glance. And now you can swipe between forecasts for different locations, so you can easily check the weather in another city.
One UI 7 is all about the finer details
Tweaking the weather app may not seem like a groundbreaking update, but the weather is one of the most-used system features on any phone, and was in need of some love. All of
One UI 7
seems like Samsung has focused on the finer details, making the core apps more usable and convenient for day-to-day use.
One UI 7 has been rolling out in multiple regions. Keep an eye on your software settings if you don’t see the update. It should arrive soon.
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