Hello,

I’m sorry about the confusion and thank you for reporting this.

There are actually two possible reasons for the mismatch:

1. Lock Screen widget vs. Home Screen widget
   This difference can be caused by mixing a Premium and non-Premium instance. Please make sure both widgets are premium instance.
   We’re planning to merge this into a single instance in the future to prevent this kind of inconsistency.

2. Widget vs. App icon differences
   The difference between the Home Screen widget and the app itself is caused by how the weather icon is computed on the frontend. The app and widgets currently use slightly different implementations (for technical reasons).

More specifically:
The Premium 1-hour forecast cannot directly display rain/snow intensity using drop/snow icons in the widget, because the icons would be too small. Instead, precipitation is accumulated into 3-hour segments. An icon is then shown only if the accumulated precipitation exceeds certain thresholds.

The mismatch you’re seeing is most likely related to these thresholds and rounding of accumulated precipitation values.

I will review the current implementation and try to align it more closely with the app’s behavior.

Thanks again for pointing this out.

Hello @beast23,

Thank you for letting me know. It’s possible that this issue is related to an internal bug in the latest version. I’ve already submitted a fixed version to Apple for review, and as soon as it’s approved, I’ll release it right away.

I truly hope the next version resolves your problem. I’m really sorry for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience.

Hello @Garik-Peter :),
thank you for creating this topic. I am currently responsible for the watchOS application, so I would like to ask a few questions.

What is the most important information you want to see in corner complications or generally in your watch faces?

Why do you want settings in your WatchOS application? Isn't easier to have this setting synchronized with the application in your iPhone (as the widgets for example)?

Thank you for the answers. This topic and your ideas are really important for me.

The biggest obstacle is from Apple and the fact that they do not allow weather applications for Apple Car play. So even if we developed an application, Apple would not allow us to add it to the store. It's sad, so we hope that with the arrival of Car play 2, such applications will be allowed.

@Matthew-Moskal
Thank you for quickly adding the screenshots. From this I can conclude that this is a bug. I will try to fix it as soon as possible.

Could I ask you to add your Windy Watch face, if the bug appears there as well? It is possible to add it directly from the Windy Watch app.
All the complications use one data model, so it would help me a lot in debugging.

Thank you.

Hi everybody,
I am trying to induce this problem, but the units in the widgets are displayed correctly. I think the error may occur in the synchronization between the application and the widgets. Could you please try the following: In the application in the settings, switch the units to for example celsius, then refresh the widget and then again to faranhait and refresh the widget again? When you change the units in the settings, the settings in the widgets will be synchronized. It is possible that the data for the widgets has been lost and this is how it will be uploaded again. Anyway, I will check the synchronization mechanism again.

Hi,

I wanted to update you on a couple of things. I’ve come across an issue in the app related to its implementation. I take full responsibility for this, and I’m already working on a fix, which will be included in the next update. I’m submitting this version for review today.

As for the radar widget issue, it seems to be related to the backend. Once the problem is addressed, the widgets should start working correctly again.

I truly appreciate your understanding and patience, and I’m very sorry for any trouble this has caused. I’ll keep you informed as we make progress.

I have investigated this issue for your location ( Port Augusta, South Australia, Australia) and there was an error in processing the data.
This problem may occur in another location, so I am giving it a high priority.
Thank you again for your report and I apologize for the inconvenience and it will be fixed in the new version.

Hello,

Good news—Apple has just approved our fixed version with widget improvements! Please download it and let me know if it resolves the issues.

The Radar and Satellite widgets were affected by a backend problem. I’m still investigating exactly what happened, but based on our metrics, everything should be working fine now. That said, I’d greatly appreciate hearing about your experience to confirm.

To prevent this kind of issue in the future, I will be adding more metrics and optimizations to ensure everything runs smoothly.

@Kez77 Thank you for letting us know what helped you. It was probably some kind of system problem. I'm glad to hear that your complications are now working as they should :) .

Hello,

I’m sorry about the confusion and thank you for reporting this.

There are actually two possible reasons for the mismatch:

1. Lock Screen widget vs. Home Screen widget
   This difference can be caused by mixing a Premium and non-Premium instance. Please make sure both widgets are premium instance.
   We’re planning to merge this into a single instance in the future to prevent this kind of inconsistency.

2. Widget vs. App icon differences
   The difference between the Home Screen widget and the app itself is caused by how the weather icon is computed on the frontend. The app and widgets currently use slightly different implementations (for technical reasons).

More specifically:
The Premium 1-hour forecast cannot directly display rain/snow intensity using drop/snow icons in the widget, because the icons would be too small. Instead, precipitation is accumulated into 3-hour segments. An icon is then shown only if the accumulated precipitation exceeds certain thresholds.

The mismatch you’re seeing is most likely related to these thresholds and rounding of accumulated precipitation values.

I will review the current implementation and try to align it more closely with the app’s behavior.

Thanks again for pointing this out.

@Alessandro-Di-Mase I think, 18.7.2 is still RC version of the system and that cause this problem. See https://community.windy.com/topic/42388/updated-ios-now-getting-webgl-errors/7?_=1761906024873

Hello @Nick-3g ,
What do you mean by disappear? There is some black spot, or they are showing some preview data ?
Can you send me a screenshot of that situation?

Hello @SAM-JAGE ,
can you please provide us an screenshot of the widget? And also your coordinates (don't have to be exact one) or city name, I will try to simulate your conditions ( it's often connected with location )

Hello @rschmidt1957,
Could you please let us know which version of the Windy app you are using, as well as the version of your operating system?

Thank you.

Hello @pegasbay,

I’m currently implementing some analytics measurements to identify bottlenecks and improve backend performance. This process will take some time, but I’ll keep you updated.

@Kamil-Burczyk, this issue seems to be related to indexing on iOS. Please try restarting your iPhone, and if that doesn’t help, reinstalling Windy might do the trick. This problem sometimes occurs after a system update when iOS doesn’t properly index widgets.

Please let me know if this helps

Hello,

This issue was most likely caused by a bug in our last version. A fixed version is already available in the App Store—please download it and let me know if it resolves the problem.

Also, you’re absolutely right—changing the units in the settings triggers an event to sync those units with the widgets and refresh them.

Hello @Ortlepp-Enrico,
can you please provide us a screenshot of the widget? What Windy version are you using right now?

Hello,

Good news—Apple has just approved our fixed version with widget improvements! Please download it and let me know if it resolves the issues.

The Radar and Satellite widgets were affected by a backend problem. I’m still investigating exactly what happened, but based on our metrics, everything should be working fine now. That said, I’d greatly appreciate hearing about your experience to confirm.

To prevent this kind of issue in the future, I will be adding more metrics and optimizations to ensure everything runs smoothly.

Hello,

Good news—Apple has just approved our fixed version (44.010338). Please download it when you have a chance and let me know if it resolves the issue.

It should be enough to simply open the app, as the sync process with the widget will begin automatically. After a few seconds, the widgets should start working properly. If you want to be completely sure, you can log out and log back in, but this step shouldn’t be necessary—it’ll just speed things up a bit.

Please let me know if the update helped.