{"id":17486,"date":"2025-09-12T21:49:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T21:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/17486\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T21:49:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T21:49:09","slug":"google-is-phasing-out-the-wear-os-weather-app-but-for-something-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/17486\/","title":{"rendered":"Google is phasing out the Wear OS Weather app, but for something better"},"content":{"rendered":"

What you need to knowGoogle will stop offering its Weather app on smartwatches running Wear OS 6 and newer.Pixel Watches on Wear OS 6 will get the new Pixel Weather app with Material 3 Expressive design.Smartwatches on Wear OS 5 or earlier can continue using the existing Google Weather app.<\/p>\n

Similar to how Google offers its first-party apps like Phone and Clock on all Android smartphones, the company also provides its own Weather app for all Wear OS smartwatches. This app has been a simple but reliable way for users to check the forecast directly on their wrist. However, Google has now confirmed<\/a> that “changes” are coming and that the app is going away on Wear OS 6+.<\/p>\n

Google has announced it will no longer offer its Weather app for smartwatches that are running Wear OS 6<\/a> or newer. Instead, the company is encouraging users to rely on the Weather app provided by their smartwatch maker or download third-party apps from the Play Store for Wear OS.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Google notes that this change only applies to smartwatches running Wear OS 6 or newer. For those on Wear OS 5<\/a> or earlier, nothing is changing, and users can continue to download and use the existing Weather app.<\/p>\n

You may like<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

\"Ultra\n<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Ara Wagoner \/ Android Central)<\/p>\n

If you have a Pixel Watch, Google says the Weather app will be replaced with the new Pixel Weather app. We first saw signs of this change<\/a> last week, and Google has now confirmed it.<\/p>\n

Google says all Pixel Watch models running Wear OS 6 or newer will automatically be upgraded to Pixel Weather. As seen before, the Pixel Weather app for Wear OS 6 brings the new Material 3 Expressive design<\/a> with bolder UI elements for easier at-a-glance weather, plus updated tiles alongside watch faces.<\/p>\n

It’s also worth noting that if you upgrade your Samsung, OnePlus, or Mobvoi smartwatch to Wear OS 6 and had the Weather app installed before, you\u2019ll still be able to continue using it after the update.<\/p>\n

Of course, if you have a Wear OS smartwatch, you can still rely on Gemini<\/a> or Google Assistant to ask for weather updates as well.<\/p>\n

Get the latest news from Android Central, your trusted companion in the world of Android<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What you need to knowGoogle will stop offering its Weather app on smartwatches running Wear OS 6 and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1013,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[203,61,60,80],"class_list":{"0":"post-17486","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gadgets","8":"tag-gadgets","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}