Google is rolling out an update to Pixel Weather on older phones that finally brings homescreen widgets into the app.
Previously, the weather widgets available to Pixel owners were powered by the Google app. With the latest update, Pixel Weather has its own widgets. “Current weather” is identical to the previous widget.
The “Forecasted weather” widget is rectangular like before, but is much more info-dense. Your city is now in the top-left corner followed by the condition, “Feels like,” and high/low. The current temperature has been switched to the other side.
At full-width, you now get a six-hour forecast in an M3 Expressive container, though you can only see one day ahead at the same size. However, you can now make this widget span your entire homescreen for a five-day forecast.
Hopefully, this new approach allows for more frequent updates, like new sizing configurations, going forward. Since Pixel Weather was introduced, people have talked about how the air quality, precipitation, etc. cards would naturally work as homescreen widgets.
Inside the app, Google has made the city cards on the homepage very large. In the screenshots below, you go from being 10 cities to just six. That said you do now get the high and low, which I find quite valuable. The large FAB is no longer a circle, with the new rounded square at the bottom-right corner. Colors are also now more vibrant.
Old vs. new (Pixel 6 Pro)
There are some tweaks in the city view, like how the condition icon is now smaller and moved to the first line. You get new icons for each card, while the square versions see their titles centered. Overall, the changes here aren’t particularly major.
Pixel Weather 1.1.20250608 with Material 3 Expressive and widgets is rolling out now via the Play Store.
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