GoKawiilJoe Maring / Android Authority
Ever since it debuted on the Pixel 9 series in 2024, Google’s Pixel Weather app has been my go-to weather application. I love its simplistic and Pixel-y UI, the customizable home screen, the excellent pollen tracker, and more. For what I want in a weather app, Pixel Weather checks just about every box.
Recently, though, I’ve been using another app instead. I stumbled across Gradient Weather while scrolling through Threads a little over a week ago, and almost immediately after downloading it, I knew I had found something special.
Pixel Weather is still great, but after using Gradient Weather, I think it might be even better.
Have you heard of Gradient Weather? 25 votes Yes, I'm already using it! 4 % No, but I plan on trying it now. 60 % No, and I don't plan to use it. 36 %
Gradient Weather is the Android weather app I’ve been waiting for
Joe Maring / Android Authority
Let’s get the important (and slightly boring) part out of the way first: weather accuracy. From my experience using Gradient Weather in southwest Michigan, I’ve been really happy with its forecasts.
Rather than using a single source for its weather info, Gradient Weather relies on a few different sources (including public weather stations, which you can view on the weather map) and funnels that info into its “built-in accuracy engine,” which is supposed to create forecasts as accurate as possible. So far, it seems like it’s working.
In addition to providing data I can rely on, I think Gradient Weather does a better job of visualizing the weather than Pixel Weather.
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