Global News SkyTracker Weather

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About this app

Please scroll down for a description of the functions and newly added features.

New Features:
· Completely new look overall
Option to submit user generated photos and video
· Ability to share content via email and Twitter and Facebook
· New menu with options to click and read news headlines and watch weather-related videos
· Headline section with the latest regional, national and international weather-related news
· Video section with the latest regional, national and international weather-related news
· Feedback button to report bugs or give suggestions

Additional features:
· Highly responsive interactive map

· Highest resolution satellite cloud imagery available

· Exclusive patent pending Road Weather Index

· Colour-coded weather alerts arranged by severity

· Fully integrated GPS for current location awareness

· Integrated compass overlay

· Most accurate 10-day forecasts with both daily and hourly detail

· Ability to easily save your favourite locations

· Earthquake plotting - tap on an earthquake to display its detail

Functions:

Using your Device & app history access permission, the Global News Skytracker Weather app will:
- Provide an optional “widget” and status bar icon showing weather conditions even when the app isn’t running.
Using your Identity access permission, the app will:
- Provide location search and map presentations.
Using your Location access permission, the app will:
- Provide weather information for your current location
- Present your current location on the map
Using your Photo/Media/Files access permission, the app will:
- Share selected photos with Global News at your request
- Save new photos taken within the app to your gallery
Using your Wi-Fi connection information access permission, the app will:
- Optimize the app experience based on available bandwidth
Using your Device ID & call information access permission, the app will:
- Detect changes to network conditions and adjust the app experience accordingly.

Ratings and reviews

I used to love this app, especially having the temperature for home in the status bar and lock screen. However, as others have noted, this was recently changed, and often disappears completely, unless the app is open. Also, why do the developers insist that these temps in the status bar be tied to the "follow me" location, rather than what we designate as home or preferred? Most of us do not have unlimited data, so we do not leave our location function on continuously. But no location, no readout. This used to be my favourite weather app, but I will probably uninstall it unless it gets fixed soon. Sad to say.

I used to really like this app but one recent glitch has me uninstalling it. That glitch is that it no longer follows my location, even though permissions are enabled. I travel very often throughout the province and I need to know the weather where I am actually at, not six cities away. Very frustrating, it just says "finding location please wait", and then times out. No thanks, there's other weather apps.

I preferred previous version better. On the Radar map it did give a prediction or estimate for storm movements that I would always use. Now all you can see is the past to present. I found that the predicated hourly values were at most times not the same as what the Radar map would show or forecast. The app as a whole is fairly easy and informative but the change to the Radar map needs to be better.