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Can we have weather sync via Wifi instead of sync?

The weather data or widget should load data from wifi instead of having to sync with the app to get the weather data. I know it can be improved. Like, being independent from the sync process.

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phn55 over 3 years ago +2

I would 100% love this.
who knows over 3 years ago in reply to Aslam +2

Aslam said:
Why force your preference onto others? If someone wants to request weather sync via WiFi, let them be. Do not find reasons or technical limitations that do not exist

No one is being forced anything…
Aslam over 3 years ago in reply to who knows +2

I apologise.

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0 rlhadden over 4 years ago

100% agree with this!

0 Dr Phil over 4 years ago

Why? Aren’t you more likely to have your phone nearby rather than a router you’re connected to? How would local weather be delivered with a general wifi connection?

0 Dimitri Fruchtenstein over 4 years ago in reply to Dr Phil

I find this idea perfectly sound. For example, I, for one, do not like keeping unwanted apps on my phone. Neither do I want to enable GPS on my phone.

0 who knows over 4 years ago in reply to Dimitri Fruchtenstein

Dimitri Fruchtenstein said:
do not like keeping unwanted apps on my phone. Neither do I want to enable GPS on my phone.

Just out of curiosity, why wouldn't you want a weather app on your phone and why wouldn't you enable GPS either?

Dimitri Fruchtenstein said:
I, for one

You might be the only one.

That's weird. I replied to 7055120, but now it's showing Dimitri Fruchtenstein. Is someone bouncing between users names?

0 4737408 over 4 years ago

I turn off my phone in the evening and leave it in other room, so I would like to be able to check updated weather in the morning before my outdoor run while still in bed (just to plan my outfit)

0 Dr Phil over 4 years ago in reply to 4737408

I use Battery Saver mode during my DND period (2200 to 0610) with iPhone disconnected so my phone is 'awake' as soon as I wake up.

0 9527419 over 3 years ago

Yes please. I find it very weird this would't work with just wifi.

0 ben.hartley over 3 years ago

Well I dare say that to have as seamless an experience as we currently do over Bluetooth Low Energy (meaning having the WiFi radio permanently powered on and scanning for available networks), the watch battery would not last long between charges at all. I guess this is why it's not done over WiFi. You would have keep remembering to do a WiFi sync to fetch the latest weather data. Maybe having the option to sync via WiFi manually when not BLE-connected would work though.

0 mcalista over 3 years ago in reply to 9527419

Wifi doesn't include location information (which of course is needed to provide weather relevant to your location).

0 phn55 over 3 years ago

I would 100% love this.