As announced with the October 2024 (Feature) Drop two weeks ago, Pixel Weather is now available for the Pixel 6 and newer, including the tablet.

Pixel Weather is rolling out as a new version of the com.google.android.apps.weather background service that’s already on your device and powers existing city temperatures in Google Clock. Just tap “Update” in the Google Play Store.

After installing version 1.0.20240910.x you will get a “Weather” icon in the app grid. Here are some things you should do as part of the installation process:

• Allow app notifications and exact location.
• Tap your profile avatar in the top right corner > Pixel Weather settings to “Make Pixel Weather your primary source for notifications.” You need to disable the ‘Weather Forecasts’ notification from the Google app.
• For the record, restart your device so that existing widgets and At a Glance Pixel Weather open and not the previous Google Weather experience.

Signing in with your Google account will sync saved locations across devices. Swipe left/right to remove a place from the main list. Selecting a city displays a local background that reflects its current state.

Press and hold on a card to move a weather block, with everything but the hourly forecast (and the AI ​​weather report) reorderable. Customizations are unique to each saved city, while there is a two-column layout on tablets and foldables. Available data includes: precipitation, wind, sunrise and sunset, UV index, air quality, visibility, humidity and pressure.

The weather map shows a 6-hour precipitation forecast and is available in the US, UK and most European countries except Italy and Luxembourg. It is powered by Google Nowcasting.

Tap your avatar in the top right corner to change the weather units and theme and access Settings. You can have tomorrow’s weather forecast for your current location delivered every evening and set precipitation alerts per city.

With October’s Pixel Drop, Google announced a pollen count freeze for Britain, Germany, France and Italy.