Android apps by WeatherBug by Earth Networks

WeatherBug

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:03:41 +0000

** IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING THE RADAR MAP DISPLAYING A WHITE or BLANK SCREEN, PLEASE CONTACT WEATHERBUG SUPPORT FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO FIX: weatherbug.android(at)gmail.com **

Download WeatherBug to access the world’s largest network of real-time weather sensors for forecasts, alerts and more. Get the industry’s most accurate pinpoint forecasts for your neighborhood and around the world. Benefit from the fastest, most advanced early warning system, powered by the largest nationwide weather and lightning network. Know Before™.  

NEW! This is our best WeatherBug yet with slick new slide-side navigation, live customizable tiles and a boatload of extra content such as Spark lightning alerts and selectable background themes. Now with even easier access to exclusive real-time weather data, forecasts and alerts from the only neighborhood-level weather and alerting sensor network (ours!).   

Enjoy these unique features to Know Before™:  

•NEW! Slide-side navigation – Get all your forecasts, conditions and alerts with our new one-touch navigation right from the home screen!

•NEW! Spark Alerts – Spark, an exclusive WeatherBug feature, turns your smartphone into a personal lightning detector. Only WeatherBug can bring minute-by-minute, mile-by-mile lightning strike alerts to you, in real-time, based on data from the WeatherBug total lightning detection network!   

•NEW! Photos Section – We’ve collected magnificent photography from our users for your viewing pleasure. Come see what others are sharing and enjoy the scenery!

• NEW! Enhanced Pinpoint Hourly Forecasts for Domestic and International Locations – 25% more accurate forecasts for the next 24 hours when compared to other forecasts! Know Before™ you head out!

•NEW! Home Screen Customization – Customize your home screen with new background themes and rearrange your live tiles to get the info that matter the most to you at-a-glance.

•Pin-Point Visual Forecasts – The industry’s most accurate current, extended and hourly weather forecasts for your community in an easy to read, at-a-glance format. Only our network updates this information in real-time.

•Exclusive DTAs & Severe Weather Alerts w/ Push Notifications – Minutes Matter. Our Dangerous Thunderstorm Alerts (DTAs) provide you 50% faster warnings to severe weather than the competition’s weather alerts. Plus, you get National Weather Service (NWS) warnings and watches to stay informed of severe weather conditions at all your current and saved locations.

•Enhanced Interactive Maps – Press and hold anywhere on the map and drop a pin to view current conditions from our exclusive network of weather stations. Enjoy multiple map layers such as Doppler radar, humidity, pressure, wind speed, high/low forecast, traffic, satellite imaging and more!

•Lifestyle Forecasts – Can I take my family to the beach? Should I cancel tomorrow's picnic? Our new Lifestyle Forecasts identify and analyze specific weather parameters to advise you on how best to stay comfortable and have fun!

•Live Weather Cams – View live images from over 2,000 weather cameras across the U.S. to get a better picture (pun intended) of the weather at destinations near and far.

•Social Sharing – Knowledge is power, so share current conditions, forecasts, live cam images and severe weather alerts with your social network to empower your friends and family with meaningful weather information so they can make the right decisions.

•My Location – Automatically updates your weather information based on the closest weather station to you in your neighborhood through GPS.   

•Available across Android smartphones and tablets! (Also available on iPhone, iPad, Windows 8, Kindle Fire, Nook and Chrome.)

Be prepared. Know Before™. Download the app used and loved by millions, voted “Best Weather App Ever” and trusted as a “Best App for Moms”, WeatherBug!

Check out our new blog: http://knowbefore.weatherbug.com/

Recent changes:
This patch includes fixes for:
- widget text disappearing after rotation
- flickering during map animation
- 3-digit temperature values not displaying on Forecast tile
- temperature data inconsistencies in 7Day summary and 7Day details
- black image when sharing a screen
- adjust text color in Notification bar on some devices
- alert button was cutoff on 480x800 displays

Also:
- Support for 240x320 devices
- General stability & performance improvements

WeatherBug Elite

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:00:12 +0000

** IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING THE RADAR MAP DISPLAYING A WHITE or BLANK SCREEN, PLEASE CONTACT WEATHERBUG SUPPORT FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO FIX: weatherbug.android(at)gmail.com **

Download WeatherBug to access the world’s largest network of real-time weather sensors for forecasts, alerts and more. Get the industry’s most accurate pinpoint forecasts for your neighborhood and around the world. Benefit from the fastest, most advanced early warning system, powered by the largest nationwide weather and lightning network. Know Before™.  

NEW! This is our best WeatherBug yet with slick new slide-side navigation, live customizable tiles and a boatload of extra content such as Spark lightning alerts and selectable background themes. Now with even easier access to exclusive real-time weather data, forecasts and alerts from the only neighborhood-level weather and alerting sensor network (ours!).   

Enjoy these unique features to Know Before™:  

•Ad-free experience!

•NEW! Slide-side navigation – Get all your forecasts, conditions and alerts with our new one-touch navigation right from the home screen!

•NEW! Spark Alerts – Spark, an exclusive WeatherBug feature, turns your smartphone into a personal lightning detector. Only WeatherBug can bring minute-by-minute, mile-by-mile lightning strike alerts to you, in real-time, based on data from the WeatherBug total lightning detection network!   

•NEW! Photos Section – We’ve collected magnificent photography from our users for your viewing pleasure. Come see what others are sharing and enjoy the scenery!

• NEW! Enhanced Pinpoint Hourly Forecasts for Domestic and International Locations – 25% more accurate forecasts for the next 24 hours when compared to other forecasts! Know Before™ you head out!

•NEW! Home Screen Customization – Customize your home screen with new background themes and rearrange your live tiles to get the info that matter the most to you at-a-glance.

•Pin-Point Visual Forecasts – The industry’s most accurate current, extended and hourly weather forecasts for your community in an easy to read, at-a-glance format. Only our network updates this information in real-time.

•Exclusive DTAs & Severe Weather Alerts w/ Push Notifications – Minutes Matter. Our Dangerous Thunderstorm Alerts (DTAs) provide you 50% faster warnings to severe weather than the competition’s weather alerts. Plus, you get National Weather Service (NWS) warnings and watches to stay informed of severe weather conditions at all your current and saved locations.

•Enhanced Interactive Maps – Press and hold anywhere on the map and drop a pin to view current conditions from our exclusive network of weather stations. Enjoy multiple map layers such as Doppler radar, humidity, pressure, wind speed, high/low forecast, traffic, satellite imaging and more!

•Lifestyle Forecasts – Can I take my family to the beach? Should I cancel tomorrow's picnic? Our new Lifestyle Forecasts identify and analyze specific weather parameters to advise you on how best to stay comfortable and have fun!

•Live Weather Cams – View live images from over 2,000 weather cameras across the U.S. to get a better picture (pun intended) of the weather at destinations near and far.

•Social Sharing – Knowledge is power, so share current conditions, forecasts, live cam images and severe weather alerts with your social network to empower your friends and family with meaningful weather information so they can make the right decisions.

•My Location – Automatically updates your weather information based on the closest weather station to you in your neighborhood through GPS.   

•Available across Android smartphones and tablets! (Also available on iPhone, iPad, Windows 8, Kindle Fire, Nook and Chrome.)

Be prepared. Know Before™. Download the app used and loved by millions, voted “Best Weather App Ever” and trusted as a “Best App for Moms”, WeatherBug!

Check out our new blog: http://knowbefore.weatherbug.com/

Recent changes:
This patch includes fixes for:
- widget text disappearing after rotation
- flickering during map animation
- 3-digit temperature values not displaying on Forecast tile
- temperature data inconsistencies in 7Day summary and 7Day details
- black image when sharing a screen
- adjust text color in Notification bar on some devices
- alert button was cutoff on 480x800 displays

Also:
- Added Live Wallpaper and Maps widget
- Support for 240x320 devices
- General stability & performance improvements

WeatherBug Time & Temp widget

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:02:14 +0000

This is a widget, not an application. Press and hold on the free space on the home screen to add. For more detailed information on how to add this widget, please read below.

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Get your time and local weather information presented together right on your Android home screen! Now you can view your local time along with detailed weather information, including today’s hi / lo, 4-day forecast and more. Plus, add even more widgets to your home screen for additional locations… as many as you like!

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To add this widget to your Android home-screen, please follow these steps:

1. Go to the home screen of the Android device (Press the “Home” key).

2. Make sure that that half of the screen is free from icons - WeatherBug Time & Temp widget is large.

3. Choose an empty space for your widget. Tap the space and hold your finger there (long press) until the menu appears. Alternatively, you can press the “Menu” button and then press the “Add” button that should now be available on the screen.

4. Both methods should have resulted in a pop-up menu-window labeled “Add to Home screen”. Tap the menu item labeled “Widgets”.

5. Navigate through the list of installed widgets and select "WeatherBug Time & Temp" to place on the home screen.

6. Click on and you will add it to your home screen.

7. Press the “Home” key. The WeatherBug Time & Temp widget should appear on the home screen.

8. To relocate the widget, tap it and hold your finger down. Now you should be able to drag it to the location on the screen that you want.

Recent changes:
- improved battery life
- improved location tracking

WeatherBug for Honeycomb

Sat, 29 Oct 2011 21:14:50 +0000

Winner of CTIA's Hot for the Holidays Award (2011), WeatherBug for Honeycomb provides access to the largest weather network in the world!

Get the latest weather information, including local current conditions, hourly and extended forecast, severe weather alerts, animated Doppler radar, live weather camera images and more on your Android tablet with WeatherBug.

Key Features:

At-A-Glance Information: The new widget panel design provides you with immediatel access to preferred weather information for all of your saved locations. View extended 7-day and hourly forecasts we well as severe weather alerts. View current conditions for all saved locations via homescreen stack widgets.

Real-Time Maps: View real-time, full-screen radar maps with nine configurable overlays including radar, satellite, temperature forecasts and more...

Location-Enabled Intelligence: With "Find Me" enabled, the tablet automatically adjusts the location and default maps based on your current location for quick and seamless access to local conditions and alerts.

Camera Images: Swipe through an extensive image carousel to view live and time-lapse* shots from HD cameras in the exclusive WeatherBug Network.

In-Device Barometer: The new app measures atmospheric pressure which can be used to forecast short-term changes in the weather. Such information is reported on the user’s device can be sent to WeatherBug to create more detailed forecasts.

Enjoy this BETA version of our app - more updates coming soon! Thank you for your support!

**Both metric and English units available in the settings menu

Recent changes:
- Several bug fixes and performance enhancements
- Thank you for all the user support!