Google is adding a feature to the Android version of Maps that the iOS app has had for four years

Google is adding a feature to the Android version of Maps that the iOS app has had for four years،

The iOS version of Google Maps has had a feature for some time that is not available on the Android version of the app. Apple iPhone users have been able to check real-time local weather conditions on Google Maps for almost four years now. And now the weather is coming to the Android variant of the app. This comes from a new focus on weather by Google, which has changed the user interface of the weather feature in the Android version of the Google app. It is also rumored to be developing a standalone weather app for Android.

Android version of Google Maps will soon join iOS variant and show current weather conditions

Weather information on the Android version of Google Maps appears as a temperature bullet below the search bullet carousel. Tap it and a window opens showing the current temperature in the area, local conditions, high and low temperatures for the day, hourly forecast and air quality. Google is starting to add weather information to the Android version of Google Maps, and someone who spotted the feature shared a screenshot with Google News on Telegram.

The new Material You weather interface found in the Google app on Pixel phones

Let’s get back to the redesigned Material You Weather UI in the Google app that was just rolled out to Pixel users. You can create a home screen icon for this purpose by opening the Google app on your Pixel phone while the Discover tab is running. Scroll through the carousel until you come to the rectangle with your local temperature inside and tap it. This will bring up the new weather UI. Tap the three-dot menu icon and from the context menu tap add to home screen and a sun icon with the Google “G” logo will be added to your home screen.

You might be wondering why Google would have put the weather feature on the iOS version of Google Maps first and is about to add it to the Android version now. It’s a good question because Google has long seemed to favor its iOS apps over its Android apps.