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The weather in Android Auto? It is possible with this curious free application

Android Auto brings our favorite applications to the car screen, although Google continues to maintain tight control over which apps are allowed and which are not. Weather apps have no place in Android Auto (yet), but there is one that has managed to slip in through a nook: Weatherology.

Android Auto showed before Coolwalk the temperature and current state in the top bar, and from then on all you can do is tap on the Weather icon and listen to Google Assistant’s concise explanation of the weather. That, or try Weatherology.

Weather in Android Auto

The only way you have Find out the weather in Android Auto is to ask the Google Assistant about it, something you can do directly by tapping on the Weather icon, which appears in the app drawer. Now, the information that the Google Assistant gives you is somewhat limited: it is limited to saying the current temperature and status, as well as the one planned for the day.

If you are looking for an app to see the weather on Android Auto, we have good news and bad news. The bad news is that Google doesn’t allow non-navigation apps to have an interface, so you won’t be able to see the simplified information visually. What you can do is hear the forecast for the day more fully.

Weatherology on mobile

Weatherology on mobile

Weatherology is one of the few applications that have dared to offer the weather forecast in android auto, and for this it has had to adapt to the requirements: working solely by audio. Even when you use it on your mobile, the app only shows a few data in the text: all the importance is given to the spoken forecast, as if it were a podcast.

In Android Auto, the app works like any other music app, with a tab for the current forecast, one for news, an ephemeris, and a glossary of weather terms, in case you’ve ever wondered what a katabatic wind was. From the mobile app you can disable these additional tabs.

Forecast

Weatherology on Android Auto

When playing our prediction for the day, the weatherman we have chosen in the app (five to choose from) will tell us the forecast for today and the following days, as well as the current status, in a short audio message but that covers much more than what the Google Assistant tells us. From the app we can also choose between different background music, if we wish.

The bet is certainly original, especially considering that there are hardly any similar alternatives in Android Auto, although it has the great downside that the audio is in english, at least for now, in addition to the limitation of the system of not being able to display the information visually. We’ll see if Google opens its hand about it in the future or not.

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