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Sometimes we have those little epiphanies in the shower.. sometimes they come from other places. This is a home for those epiphanies.

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My weather app should work like my Maps app (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/showerthoughts@sh.itjust.works

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Google Maps or Apple Maps, they work the same way. With your permission, they detect your location and speed and collect all the information and can tell people relatively accurate traffic conditions.

So why does Weather go online to ask the temperature when you’re outside and it could just measure the actual temperature, collate all the data, and tell people the temperature it actually is?

Aside from the fact that most phones can’t tell the temperature around them. I mean if they could.

I’m starting to believe the authorities are lying to us about the heat. My car can tell me the temperature, and it’s usually like 5°F hotter than my phone says.

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[–] blarghly@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

As you pointed out, your phone doesnt have a thermometer. Or, it does. But it is for checking for overheating. But if your phone tried to measure ambient air temp, it would actually measure temperature inside its case, temperature in your pocket, temperature of whatever it is sitting on, etc.

And even if it did have this function, I typically don't care about the current temp. I care about what temp it is going to be, or if it will rain, etc. I want a weather forecast, not information about the weather around me