Not exact matches
The Venue 8 Pro sports a standard Windows 8.1 home screen, complete with a multicolored grid of
apps as well as Microsoft's signature Live
Tiles, which provide real - time
weather and news updates.
Tiles can be a plain image that you tap on to open an
app, or they can be an interactive item that provides updated information, like
weather reports, calendar events and social media feeds.
These
apps will help you get all the information you need whether it's the latest scores from your favorite NFL team or your local
weather (the
Weather app Live
Tile on my Start screen shows rain more often than I would like...).
This
app also add the time and
weather to the start screen, using live
tile.
With the Start menu, you can pin your go - to
apps and files, get updated info from Live
Tiles — like
weather and headlines, so you don't even need to open the
app — and more!
There are already a handful of options in the Play Store, including simple things like a
weather tile and a much more robust, fully - customizable
app called Custom Quick Settings.
A UWP
weather app that provides access to multiple locations with multiple live
tiles; packaged in a clean modern UI and an ad free experience.
This means
weather Quick Settings
tiles can't be automatically updated, but this
app has a nice workaround for the issue.
Many of them are replaced by the live
tiles of
apps with similar features — pin those to the Start menu and if you just want a quick glimpse of information like the
weather report, you can see it without opening the
app.
However, the widgets function of providing dynamic
weather information which serves the human -
app - interaction of displaying glance - able information is provided by the
Weather Channels Live
Tile on Windows Phone.
The
weather app does have Live
Tile support and while Color
Weather's simple design has a certain level of...
The
app now supports automatic location based
weather that will update the
Tile every hour, every three hours, six hours, twelve hours, pr once a day.
Add Live
Tile and Lockscreen support and
Weather Hound is a solid, attractive looking Windows Phone
weather app.
Live
Tiles were basically useless for anything outside of a
weather app.
Finally, some of the new settings include the ability to change metric units, the default location when opening the
app, the ability to turn on animations, Live
Tile features, and toggling severe
weather alerts.