Introducing Niagara Launcher’s first pro feature

Wait, Niagara Launcher already shows the current weather

Yes, however Google has decided to shut down their free weather service. Starting January 31, 2020 their weather API won’t be available anymore:

The Awareness API wasn’t great anyway. Weather data was infrequently updated, was often wrong in most places and the API needed GPS to be turned on at all times to work. Starting today, Niagara Launcher Pro gives you weather forecasts from Dark Sky — a paid weather provider that can offer much better weather forecasts.

The new widget

This is how the new weather widget looks like. Modern and minimal. It always shows the current weather conditions — even when you’re offline for a couple of hours.

And here’s the best part: If you tap the current weather, a pop up gives you the forecast for the next hours and days. If you need even more information about the upcoming weather, you can visit Dark Sky’s website by tapping on more.

Finally, you can now also enter your location manually; no location permission required.

You can try out Niagara’s new weather widget right now, all you need is Niagara Launcher v0.10.1 and Niagara Pro. You can enable it by going to Launcher Settings > Features > At a glance > Weather.

If it’s not on Google Play (ETA: Dec 8) yet, download it from here:

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This release is part of Niagara’s Weeks of Winter — A new feature every 7 days.