Widgets

Weather Buddy's widgets put your plan on the Home Screen and Lock Screen, so you can see what to wear without opening the app.

Adding a widget

Home Screen: press and hold an empty part of the Home Screen until the apps jiggle, tap Edit → Add Widget, search for Weather Buddy, choose a widget and size, then tap Add Widget.

Lock Screen: press and hold the Lock Screen, tap Customise → Lock Screen, tap the widget area, then choose Weather Buddy.

The widgets

Right now

What to wear and when the weather changes next.

Size	Shows
Small (Home Screen)	The temperature, the decision (such as Coat and umbrella.) and up to three items, essentials largest
Rectangular (Lock Screen)	The decision, a heads-up or the extra line, and the rain strip in words, such as Dry until 3pm → Rain later
Inline (Lock Screen, above the clock)	One line: 9° · Coat · Umbrella after 3pm

Next few hours

The next six hours at a glance.

Size	Shows
Medium (Home Screen)	Where you are, the next change (Rain around 3pm.) and six hourly columns with the temperature and chance of rain

Laundry

Is it a drying day? Tap when the washing's out.

Size	Shows
Small (Home Screen)	Today's verdict and best time, with a Washing's out button that works without opening the app. Once tapped it becomes Brought it in.
Circular (Lock Screen)	A T-shirt (filled in when the washing is out) and Good, Maybe or No
Rectangular (Lock Screen)	The verdict, and the best time or Out since 11:02am

How widgets stay up to date

Widgets don't fetch the weather themselves. They use the forecast the app last downloaded, and move on hour by hour for the next 12 hours, so "Umbrella after 3pm" becomes "Umbrella" when 3pm comes. They refresh whenever the app does, including background refreshes.

Before the app has loaded a forecast for the first time, widgets say Open Weather Buddy to load your weather.

Widgets follow your vibe and your Getting outside activity. On a tinted Home Screen the pictures take on your tint.