Widgets
Add weNow's consensus weather directly to your home screen. Available on both Android and iOS (iOS 17 or later). Widgets refresh automatically — roughly every 30 minutes on Android and on iOS's standard widget cadence.
Android Widgets
Four widget shapes, each individually configurable with its own location and forecast mode.
| Widget | Size | What It Shows |
|---|---|---|
| Small | 2x2 | Temperature, weather icon, and city name. Quick glance. |
| Large | 4x2 | Current weather with details (feels-like, humidity, wind) plus a 3-day or 3-hour forecast. |
| Detailed | 4x3 | Full weather dashboard with confidence indicator, all details, and a 6-day or 6-hour forecast. |
| Overlay | 4x3 | Transparent glass design that floats over your wallpaper. Shows time, weather, and a 5-item forecast. |
How to add an Android widget
- Long-press on an empty area of your home screen
- Tap "Widgets"
- Find "weNow" in the list
- Drag the widget size you want to your home screen
- Set a location and forecast mode in the configuration screen that appears
Configuration (Android)
Each widget can be configured independently:
- Location -- Search for any city or use your current GPS location. Each widget can show a different city.
- Forecast mode -- Choose between daily (Mon, Tue, Wed...) or hourly (14h, 15h, 16h...) forecasts. Available on the Large, Detailed, and Overlay widgets.
To reconfigure a widget, long-press it and tap the configure/edit option (varies by Android version).
iOS Widgets
Two widget families, available in the standard iOS sizes. Requires iOS 17 or later.
| Widget | Sizes | What It Shows |
|---|---|---|
| weNow Weather | Small / Medium / Large | Temperature, icon, and city. Medium adds a 3-day forecast column. Large adds a full 6-day grid plus details. |
| weNow Overlay | Large | Translucent dark background designed to layer cleanly over photo wallpapers, with weather and a multi-day forecast. |
How to add an iOS widget
- Long-press on an empty area of your home screen until the apps wiggle
- Tap the + button in the top-left corner
- Search for "weNow"
- Swipe between sizes (Small, Medium, Large) and tap Add Widget
- Tap Done
Configuration (iOS)
iOS widgets show the location you've selected in the main weNow app — open the app and pick a city, and the widget will follow. There is no separate per-widget configuration screen on iOS (this is a WidgetKit limitation, not a weNow choice).
If you want to see weather for different cities on different widgets, the simplest workaround is to add the same widget twice and use Smart Stack rotation, or switch the active city in the app when you want to check a different location.
Confidence Color
Widgets on both platforms display the same confidence color as the app -- green when sources agree, yellow for moderate disagreement, red for significant disagreement. This gives you an instant sense of how reliable today's forecast is, right from your home screen.
Tips
- The Overlay widget looks great on photo wallpapers thanks to its transparent / translucent background.
- On Android, you can add multiple widgets for different cities -- great for keeping an eye on travel destinations.
- Widgets use a separate request budget from the app, so using widgets won't reduce your daily app searches.
- Widgets require a production build of the app — they are not available in development builds or in Expo Go.