I have a confession to make: I’m a sucker for weather apps. I like major apps like AccuWeather and The Weather Channel, as well as smaller third-party ones like Hello Weather and Today Weather. Part of it’s due to living in Michigan and having so many different conditions to deal with throughout the year, and another part is because I’m just a nerd for trying new Android apps.
Given all this, you can imagine my excitement when Google launched its new Pixel Weather app alongside the Pixel 9 series last year. We’ve seen phone brands like Samsung, OnePlus, and others create weather apps specific to their devices, but they’re often never very good — and usually less of a full “app” and more just a basic weather UI that sends you to The Weather Channel’s website if you want to see any real data.