Big Windows Phone 8.1 update coming to Weathr, join the beta today

The Windows Phone Central Forums is a great place to visit when you're in the mood to chat it up nearly Windows Phone. One area of the forums that is always full of surprises is the Developers Beta Testing forums. You lot can get a sneak peek at what apps and games are in the works or sign upwardly to beta exam these Windows Phone titles.

One app caught our attention the other day and while it's yet another Windows Telephone weather app, Weathr is being re-written to take advantage of new Windows Phone 8.i features. There is a electric current version of Weathr available in the Windows Phone Store but the developer wants to put the new version through the ringer and needs beta testers to help identify bugs, glitches and areas of improvement.

The main pages for Weathr cover your current conditions, an hourly forecast, a maps page, a five-mean solar day forecast page and a weather alerts page. The app supports forecasts for your current location as well equally a host of worldwide cities. Boosted features for Weathr include:

Beautiful local images from Flickr based on your current weather
Support for all iii sizes of live tiles, either transparent or with local images from Flickr
Back up for detailed status on lockscreen, then you can easily check the forecast without unlocking your telephone
Full screen radar and satellite maps
Adjustable background update times, from 15 minutes to 12 hours

Weathr taps into both Atmospheric condition Underground and Forecast.IO for its forecast data.

In but tinkering with the beta version of Weathr for a short period of fourth dimension, it has a good scrap of appeal and should be able to hold its own confronting the elevation Windows Phone weather apps.

If you're interested in signing up to be a Weathr beta tester, caput over to the WPCentral Forums discussion linked below for all the details. Just continue in listen yous need to be running Windows Telephone 8.one. The current version of Weathr is available for Windows Phone eight devices for $ane.99 with a trial version available (512MB devices supported).

Forums Give-and-take - Weathr 2 Beta Testing [WP8.i Only]
Weathr - Windows Phone 8 - Trial / $1.99 - Store Link

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