The Weather Channel for Android

by The Weather Channel

Product Details

• ASIN: B0064X7FVE
• Original Release Date: November 9, 2011
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 9, 2011
Rated: This app may include dynamic content. What's this?

All Ages

Based on information provided by the developer, the content of this application is appropriate for all users and contains no objectionable content or advertisements.




Guidance Suggested

Based on information provided by the developer, the content of this application is appropriate for most users. The app may include account creation, location detection, user generated content, advertisements, infrequent or mild references to violence, profanity, or crude themes, or other content not suitable for all ages.







Mature

Based on information provided by the developer, the content of this application is only appropriate for mature users. The app may include account creation, location detection, user generated content, advertisements, explicit references to or images of drugs, alcohol, tobacco, graphic violence, profanity, or crude humor, mild sexual and suggestive themes, nudity within medical, informational, or artistic contexts, simulated gambling, or other content only suitable for mature audiences.







Adult

Based on information provided by the developer, the content of this application is only appropriate for adults. The app may include account creation, location detection, user generated content, advertisements, explicit references to or images of drugs, alcohol, tobacco, graphic violence, profanity, or crude humor, sexual and suggestive themes, nudity, simulated gambling, or other content only suitable for adult audiences.



This application contains content that is downloading real-time, based on inputs from the user or developer. The maturity rating associated with this application pertains only to the static elements of the application and does not cover any dynamic information (e.g. websites, friend postings, tweets). Dynamic content is defined as any content that may change within the application. Content can include animations, video or audio.
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1,834 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #36 Free in Appstore for Android (See Top 100 Free in Appstore for Android)
  • #1 in Appstore for Android > Weather

Product Features

• Rich WEATHERTM experience
• Full support for Kindle Fire
• Dynamic weather imagery
• Pollen forecasts
• High resolution videos

Technical Details

• Size: 4.2MB
• Version: 3.9.0
• Developed By: The Weather Channel
• Application Permissions: (Help me understand what permissions mean)
  • Set the wallpaper
  • Get notified that the operating system has finished booting
  • Open network sockets
  • Write to external storage
  • Access fine (e.g., GPS) location
  • Access information about Wi-Fi networks
  • Access the vibration feature
  • Access coarse (e.g., Cell-ID, Wi-Fi) location
  • Access information about networks
  • Record audio
• Minimum Operating System: Android 2.1
• Approximate Download Time: Less than 1 minute

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1,649 of 1,742 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Battery hog November 26, 2012

By Marlene Perona

I have loved the Weather Channel app for several years on both my phone and my Kindle Fire. It has had some issues but they have seemed to fix those issues once they are known. The latest issue was with you not being able to get the latest info, would be old and there was no refresh button. The app now has a refresh button, and always seems to have the latest info when I open it.
However, I recently purchased a Kindle Fire HD. The first app that I installed was the Weather Channel app. After a few days, I began to notice that my Fire HD had no battery life.
I fully charged it. Went to bed and read for just a little bit. Made sure the wifi was turned off. When I woke in the morning, I only had 36% of battery left. And it was asleep all night.
So after playing with it for several days, turning this and that off, uninstalling different apps, I've come to find out that it is the Weather Channel app that is sucking the battery life out of the Fire. I have now uninstalled it and gone are the battery issues. I can go to bed at night and it loses at most 2-3% of it's battery life over night.
And I can now believe that the Fire does have an 11 hour battery life. Previously, I was getting, at most, 4 hours of use.
I gave the app 3 stars because it IS a super great app. And I'm hoping that the developers will soon look at the problem of why it is using so much battery power.
I just want an app, that when I click on it, I can find out the weather forecast for my home and a few selected cities. I don't want it to keep running when I'm not using it.

704 of 801 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars very good November 16, 2011

By Douglas B.Dubow

this is a great app. hourly weather in your area and multiple cities. no brained to have this. these guys know weather. I would recommend this to others.

622 of 709 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars great program November 16, 2011

By IDC

when I travel I need to know the weather - this is great for my needs, keeping me up to date and prepared for what to expect.