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AccuWeather Platinum

by AccuWeather
Platform: Android Rated: Guidance Suggested
3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (448 customer reviews)

Price: $2.99
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
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Latest Updates

What's new in version 3.0.2.1
  • We listened and AccuWeather Platinum now has all of your favorite information and features for your Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD!
  • ? NEW! Customizable My AccuWeather forecasts.
  • ? NEW! European radar and a map snapshot view for your saved locations.
  • ? NEW! Data visualization through optional weather graphs.
  • ? NEW! 25-day forecasts.
  • ? NEW! Landscape vs. portrait option.
  • ? On sale for $0.99!

Product Details

  • ASIN: B0067R0APK
  • Original Release Date: November 11, 2011
  • Date first available at Amazon.com: November 15, 2011
  • Rated: Guidance Suggested This app may include dynamic content. What's this?
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (448 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #821 Paid in Appstore for Android (See Top 100 Paid in Appstore for Android)
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Product Features

  • Ad free and everything your Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD need in a weather app!
  • Accurate and local forecasts for 2.7 million locations worldwide. Forecasts update every 15 minutes with information for the next 25 days - all in 27 different languages.
  • Radar for all of North America and Europe, and worldwide satellite overlaying interactive Google MapsTM. Snapshot view of the maps for your saved locations!
  • Data visualization through optional weather graphs.
  • Customizable My AccuWeather lifestyle forecasts for specific health concerns and outdoor activities. Categories include: Outdoor Fitness, Travel, Respiratory Health, Fishing and Game, and Do-It-Yourself
  • More information such as dew point, probability of precipitation are now available. Sunrise and sunset times are available for all forecast days in daily details !

Product Description


Product Description
Local Customizable Accuweather, Anywhere--Ad Free!
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Get all the weather information you need in one convenient stop
The all new AccuWeather Platinum is here!

We listened to your feedback and created an app that's even more information and feature rich. It has everything your Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD need in a weather app, like customizable My AccuWeather forecasts, optional weather graphs, and a new, map snapshot view.

Weatherproof your day with these features and without any advertising:

• When AccuWeather forecasts snow, ice, rain, wind, or the probability of thunderstorms, you will see an orange exclamation point displayed within the location's current and 25-day screens.

• Customizable My AccuWeather lifestyle forecasts for specific health concerns and outdoor activities. Categories include: Outdoor Fitness, Travel, Respiratory Health, Fishing and Game, and Do-It-Yourself.

• Radar for all of North America and Europe, and worldwide satellite overlaying interactive Google Maps(TM). Snapshot view of the maps for your saved locations is also now available!

• Data visualization through optional weather graphs.

• Current news and weather videos, with many available in both English and Spanish.

• Social media sharing so you can share your location's current conditions, hourly, or 25-day forecasts using the social media apps you already have on your device.

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Access multiple interactive maps
Forecasts for Millions of Locations, Worldwide

You also get the accurate, local weather forecasts and the customization you expect from AccuWeather, minus the advertising:

• Accurate and local forecasts for 2.7 million locations worldwide. Forecasts update every 15 minutes with information for the next 25 days--all in 27 different languages.

• Current weather conditions update every 15 minutes with the very latest humidity and precipitation percentages, dew point, visibility, UV index, wind speed gusts and direction, times for sunrise and sunset, and RealFeel(R)--AccuWeather's exclusive weather forecasting system that analyzes multiple weather factors to determine how the local temperature actually feels.

• Local weather forecast summaries that provide an overview of the next five days' weather forecast along with a description of the most dramatic weather event expected during the five days.

• Status bar on the home screen displaying the current temperature for your current or home location.

• Ability to store an unlimited amount of locations.

• Choice between metric or imperial units, 12-hour or 24-hour time display, and portrait or landscape view.

Download AccuWeather Platinum and start experiencing the most accurate and local weather forecasts available without any advertising!


Technical Details

  • Size: 6.6MB
  • Version: 3.0.2.1
  • Developed By: AccuWeather
  • Application Permissions: (Help me understand what permissions mean)
    • READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
    • Read only access to phone state
    • com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES
    • Get notified that the operating system has finished booting
    • Open network sockets
    • Write to external storage
    • Access fine (e.g., GPS) location
    • Broadcast sticky intents
    • Access the vibration feature
    • Access coarse (e.g., Cell-ID, Wi-Fi) location
    • Access information about networks
  • Minimum Operating System: Android 2.2
  • Approximate Download Time: Less than 1 minute

Customer Reviews

Very easy to use also. CrazyFeather  |  67 reviewers made a similar statement
Opening the app is slow and sometimes leads to crashes. Not Happy  |  21 reviewers made a similar statement
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
335 of 399 people found the following review helpful
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As far as weather goes, it is not great but not bad... However, what bugs me is that the PLATINUM (paid) version is a lesser version than the free one!!! Platinum=2.0.1.0, free=2.1.2. And from what I saw, the free one is less buggy and has a few additional features that the paid one does not!

BOO to Accuweather for giving paying customers a less feature-rich product than free users! I can only therefore rate it a 2. Fix this, Accuweather, and I will re-evaluate.
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172 of 209 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars All those permissions? March 19, 2012
why the heck with this program, a weather application, need just about every android permission there is? especially if they don't even explain them to you, why would anybody in their right mind buy this app?
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243 of 297 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars excessive permissions April 17, 2012
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The only reason a weather app would need this many permissions is if they were selling your personal info to advertisers to further their profit from an already paid app. Shameless money-grab. Read the privacy statement.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars Maps will not function
Maps will not function. When I click on the map image, I always get a blank map display. Impossible to play a time lapse clip.
Published 23 hours ago by GLN2
3.0 out of 5 stars Nice interface, but fixed width?
I like it. Good data, nice design. But the interface has a fixed width, so that one-and-a-half screens are visible on the Kindle Fire HD. The app is not fully responsive.
Published 2 days ago by Jurgen Mantzke
5.0 out of 5 stars This is one great very detailed, customizable app!
Great buy! Love the detail and precision hourly temps and forecasting. The ability to receive radar reports from more than one location at the same time is fantastic too.
Published 4 days ago by Believer313
5.0 out of 5 stars AccuWeather Platinum
Being able to check the weather not only where I live but around the world, especially where my family lives. Read more
Published 5 days ago by Mrs. Ivie R. Bellone
3.0 out of 5 stars pretty decent weather app, if on sale
My device info: htc One X; Android version 4.1; Paranoid Android ROM
It fetches the current weather just fine, and serves well as a general purpose weather app. Read more
Published 6 days ago by B. Harris
5.0 out of 5 stars I love this app...
I love this app...
I started with the free version, and found it to be very useful, so I decided to try this paid version and I love this one also. Read more
Published 7 days ago by Lamont
5.0 out of 5 stars Great
I use this app for domestic and international weather. I will be traveling abroad in the future and can check the weather to see what clothes I need to pack according to the... Read more
Published 7 days ago by Lady "H"
3.0 out of 5 stars Not worth the money!
Stay with the free app. Don't waste your money on this app. Too many bugs, Slow to load, caused my phone to lock up and required too many restarts. Read more
Published 7 days ago by S. Morrow
5.0 out of 5 stars AccuWeather
This app is easy to use. AccWeather was easy to program for the cities I follow most. I like the ability to use overlays. Read more
Published 8 days ago by Susie
5.0 out of 5 stars good app! I use it daily.
Great upgraded components !only bad thing is they dropped the sunrise/sunset tables. . . or at least I can't find them.
Published 8 days ago by S. Rukes
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