#WEATHER DISPLAY ON PHONE FULL#
Eventually, we can resize things and reorganize them to get exactly the layout you prefer, but for now, let’s just go full metal widget! Let’s add a nice, big clock that shows us the current time too. Check it out by going back to your home screen and bask in the glory that is your weather forecast showing up front and center: Like this:Īs you can see, it’s been a pretty dreary and cold day here in Boulder, Colorado! That’s okay, we’re used to it here.īelieve it or not, you’re done. Ready? Tap on it! You’ll then need to grant the weather app access to your location info (so it knows where you are!) but once you’ve done so, it’ll take a few seconds and then show you a current weather forecast. With some effort, you can probably disable or remove Samsung Experience, but... why? I’d suggest you stick with it.Īnd so, here’s how you gain control over the home screen and set it up to have your local weather, starting with the default no-weather icon, a tiny cloud with a “+” in the middle: You can check too, just go into Settings > About phone > Software information. This time I’ll be using a Samsung Galaxy S8 running, you guessed it, Samsung Experience 9.0 atop Android 8.0.
Life in Android land.įortunately new smartphones constantly arrive at our offices so there’s always some sort of device lying around, ready for tests and experimentation. Samsung calls it the “Samsung Experience” and while it adds a lot to your daily interaction, it also has the unfortunate side effect of meaning that someone with a different kind of Android phone probably can’t help you figure out the nuances of configuring everything and getting it all set up properly. By default different Android phones have different home screens because big companies like Samsung add their own user interface (UI) layer to stock Android.