New AccuWeather for Android App Now Available
AccuWeather Forecasts for Android Devices Including Nexus 7
STATE COLLEGE, PA – August 22, 2012 – AccuWeather released an update to its free AccuWeather for Android weather app today that includes an even more informative home screen widget featuring severe weather notices, current and two-day forecasts for saved home locations, and a convenient time clock.
AccuWeather for Android forecasts for 2.7 million locations. It includes pushed severe weather alerts for U.S. locations and severe weather notices for inclement weather worldwide. It also has forecasts for the next 15 days updated every hour, weather videos, lifestyle forecasts, and weather radar for all of North America with worldwide satellite overlaying interactive Google Maps™.
“Our users tell us that they love how user friendly and fun it is to get their local weather forecasts through their AccuWeather app,” said Pascal Racheneur, Vice President of Interactive Media for AccuWeather. “We wanted to build upon our ability to provide reliable and easily accessible weather information through offering the convenience of a home screen widget that includes information that is most important to them, such as severe weather notices, current forecasts, and the time.”
AccuWeather for Android is available on most Android devices including the Nexus 7. AccuWeather also offers an ad-free version of the app called AccuWeather Platinum for a one-time fee of $2.99.
AccuWeather for Android is available for download from Google Play.
About AccuWeather, Inc., and AccuWeather.com Every day nearly half a billion people worldwide rely on AccuWeather to help them plan their lives, protect their businesses, and get more from their day. AccuWeather provides the most accurate and detailed hourly forecasts for every location where people live and work worldwide (more than 2.7 million locations), with customized content and engaging video presentations available on smart phones, tablets, wired and mobile internet sites, and smart TVs and appliances, as well as on radio and television and in newspapers. Founded in 1962 by Dr. Joel N. Myers – recognized as one of the top 528 entrepreneurs in American history by Entrepreneur Magazine’s Encyclopedia of Entrepreneurs – AccuWeather also delivers a wide range of highly-customized enterprise solutions to media, business, government, and institutions, as well as news and weather content and video for more than 50,000 third-party websites, including The Wall Street Journal, CBS News, and The New York Times.
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