The Google Weather Android ‘app’ is going away [U]
Source: 9to5Google
Update (3/10)
In recent days, the removal has rolled out widely on all Android devices and Google Accounts. This is a server‑side change coinciding with version 17.8 of the Google app.
Original (2/20)
The Google app has long offered a fullscreen “Weather” experience launched from a homescreen shortcut (the sun and cloud badge on the ‘G’ icon).
Tapping the shortcut opened a single feed with a search bar to switch between saved cities. The view showed:
- A Froggy background with the current temperature, high/low, condition, and “feels like”.
- An hourly forecast carousel.
- A 10‑day forecast that could be tapped for more details.
- Current‑conditions cards for wind, humidity, UV index, pressure, and sunrise & sunset.
- Graphs for precipitation, wind, and humidity in the hourly details.
Old
In recent months, tapping the Weather homescreen shortcut began taking users to a Google Search results page for “weather”.
Your home‑screen shortcut now leads to Google Search:
The redesigned page uses the Froggy card for both current conditions and the hourly forecast, plus a 10‑day forecast carousel. Drop‑downs provide precipitation, wind, humidity, and a new air‑quality view. Google also includes AI Overviews that summarize current weather conditions.
New
Users who received the “The weather page has moved” notification no longer see a “View all details” button that opened the fullscreen Weather experience. Scrolling down now shows web results.
Over the past few days, more devices have been migrated to this new experience, and the old Weather app is no longer accessible for many users, though the rollout is not yet complete.
Google appears to be consolidating its weather experience into Search, eliminating the separate app.
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