OpenSignal Ports Its Crowdsourced WeatherSignal App to iOS, Courtesy of iPhone 6

http://techcrunch.com/2014/10/09/weathersignal-brings-its-crowdsourced-weather-app-to-ios-courtesy-of-the-iphone-6/

by riaface • 12 years ago

22 6 12 years ago

Our of curiosity, which Android devices have a barometer? I've seen the API, but never had a device capable of using it.

sjs382• 12 years ago

From https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ca.cumulonimbu...

  "Devices with barometers include:
  Galaxy S3, S4, S5
  Galaxy Nexus
  Galaxy Note, 2, 3
  Nexus 4, 5, 10
  Xoom
  RAZR MAXX HD
  Xiaomi MI-2, MI-3
  Droid Ultra
  Moto X
  HTC One (M8)
  ..and others!"

mastre_• 12 years ago

No way, my old N4 had a barometer? Wish something like that would be more exploited/publicized, I'm a data nerd and would have loved to play with apps which use it. Good to know, the N6 should have one too in this case.

runeks• 12 years ago

Just installed it on my iPhone 6.

Why can't I allow WeatherSignal to access location services always?

Settings->WeatherSignal->Privacy->Location Services looks like this: http://i.imgur.com/BeOcOLP.png

when it should look like this: http://i.imgur.com/kAOB53B.png

The option "Always" is missing from WeatherSignal settings.

cleis• 12 years ago

Because we can't collect pressure readings in the background (apple doesn't allow a background mode for pressure), so it would just be a waste of the user's battery to be constantly taking their location.

tfrank377• 12 years ago

I wonder how the iPhone's barometer accuracy compares to that of an android device?

OpenSignal Ports Its Crowdsourced WeatherSignal App to iOS, Courtesy of iPhone 6

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