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Pixel Weather homescreen widget adds manual refresh button

Following last month’s icon update, Pixel Weather is getting a slightly more substantial update with a refresh button for the homescreen widget.

This straightforward update adds a refresh button to the top-right corner of the “Forecasted weather” widget. Upon tapping, you’ll briefly see a spinner as the new data loads.

This saves you from having to open the full app if you’re just swiping through your homescreen.

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Another tweak we’ve seen in the app is how the Hourly and 10-day forecast cards in the city feed no longer possess left/right buttons to scroll through without swiping. 

Version 1.1.20260716.x of Pixel Weather is now widely rolled out via the Play Store.

In related developments, “Pixel’s exclusive weather app” — along with Recorder — will also be available on all Googlebooks going forward.

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