Gadgetory

the Samsung Galaxy s4 ships with an extensive array of Hardware sensors but until recently we haven't seen many third-party apps take advantage of them well that looks to be changing I'm Michael Fisher this is PocketNow and this is your quick look at weather station for the Samsung Galaxy s4 this app came to our attention courtesy of a thread by its builder a minor on xda-developers as this video is not a review most of our information that's not first hand comes from there again this is just a quick look based on a single day's worth of usage to give you a feel for what this app does and what weather station does is simple like s-health and a few other titles the app leverages the Galaxy S Force thermometer barometer and hydrometer to provide data rather than using that information to a specific end though like s health and its comfort meter weather station just displays the almost raw data in a clear simple manner the main screen displays temperature pressure and relative humidity in constantly updated values and a user can tap a button under each value to see readings plotted over time on a graph that graph can also be saved as a tab-delimited text file to the SD card if you're a record-keeping type there's a surprising amount of customization available here from units of measurement to reading time intervals to a manually adjustable altimeter for more accurate atmospheric pressure readings and if any of that confuses you there's a veritable encyclopedia onboard telling you exactly how to use the app to get as precise a meteorological reading as possible now how precise is that reading well we're not sure about the atmospheric pressure or humidity meters but the onboard thermometer is definitely affected by the device temperature as you might expect the SGS 4 doesn't run particularly hot but it's still a heat generator so the temperature value displayed is usually a little on a high side and it tends to swing wildly depending on whether the phone is in your hand in your pocket or Avni open fortunately the readings are easy to keep tabs on as you can pin a widget to your home screen for constant updates and you can adjust how often that widget updates as well if you're concerned about battery life a weather station doesn't provide the utility of a more fully featured title that could integrate all of this atmospheric information and put it in a larger context but as the developer says it'll be appreciated by amateur and pro meteorologists and anyone else who wants to get the most out of the galaxy s4's hardware extras the developer is already at work on the next version so gs4 owner is interested in this one should keep an eye out for updates and bug fixes weather station is available for free with no ads in the Google Play Store folks we have so much more on the Galaxy s4 at pocketnow.com and here on youtube so follow us on all our social media channels to make sure you don't miss anything drop us a like if you enjoyed the video leave us a comment if you have something to say and stay tuned for a lot more thanks for watching we'll see you next time