Big Sky: Better Weather for Amazon Alexa
Big Sky uses the famous Dark Sky API to provide the world's most accurate hyper-local and actionable forecasts in real-time. Big Sky gives real-time weather forecasts tied to your actual street address, and locations around the world.
QUESTIONS about Big Sky? Check out the Big Sky FAQ:
https://bigsky-weather.com
or contact us at:
bigsky.alexa@gmail.com
We will get back to you immediately and work through any issues you're having.
SCREENSAVER MODES (Premium Users Only):
Screensaver modes the Big Sky weather forecast and video/animated backgrounds running continuously on their home screen. While the screensaver is running, you won't seen any Amazon content (hints, suggestions, ads, etc.)
Weather conditions are updated automatically so you always have the latest information displayed. You can set up screen saver mode to launch automatically after the forecast. Or, skip the spoken forecast and launch it directly.
SCREENSAVER USERS GET ACCESS TO ALL PREMIUM FEATURES.
*Big Sky Screensaver requires an Alexa device with a screen. NOTE: ACCESS TO NORMAL ALEXA FUNCTIONALITY REQUIRES FIRST EXITING THE SCREENSAVER.
Screensaver mode requires a separate purchase and is not included with Big Sky Premium.
BIG SKY PREMIUM:
1. Video Backgrounds. Enjoy beautiful and informative video backgrounds on your weather report. Just because the weather is dreary doesn't mean your weather report has to be.
2. Flexible Graphics. Change between classic view and a highly interactive widget view. Tap a weather widget to go deeper into the day's or week's conditions.
3. Live animated Radar! Check out the radar over your your area, or anywhere in the world. Three levels of zoom.
4. Labeled Locations. Enter any address, give it a label (e.g., "my son's house" or "the campground" ) and get fast hyper-local forecasts: "What's the weather my son's house?" "Will it rain at the campground tomorrow?"
5. Custom weather alerts. You can now schedule 5 different kinds of custom weather alert:
-- Hot Weather (above 90)
-- Cold Weather (freezing)
-- Windy Weather (sustained winds above 15mph)
-- Rainy Weather (greater than 70% chance of rain)
-- Sunny Weather (UV index reaching 9 or higher)
You can schedule these alerts for any hour of the day, and BigSky will notify you if the day's weather matches your alert(s).
Custom weather alerts work with labeled locations, so you can get alerted to weather conditions at your default location, or any labeled location that you've set up.
Example interactions for all users:
"Alexa, ask Big Sky..."
...what's the high temperature today?
...will it rain in the next three hours?
...for the barometric pressure
...what was the weather on June 1st, 1980?
...will it rain before 10 pm?
...for the humidity at 4 pm?
...give me a weather fact!
...what will the wind speed be in three hours?
...what's the low temperature in the next seven days?
...about the weather this weekend.
...when is sunrise on Saturday?
...what's the weather on Friday?
What is Big Sky Screensaver?
The screensaver keeps up to date weather data on your Alexa screen until you exit.
While the screen saver is running, you will not see any Amazon content (hints, suggestions, advertisements.)
The screensaver has two modes.
- AUTOMATIC: Screensaver comes on automatically after the weather forecast
- MANUAL: Skip the spoken forecast and launch the screensaver directly.
Screensaver users also get ALL premium features.
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