Weather widget

[kavuky]

Hello, is it possible to put the time widget on the lock screen with a specific location, without continuously searching for the location?

Thanks

 

[Jason J. Schneider]

Hi @kavuky! I was wondering the same thing.

Usually I use my iPhone with Location Services turned off. I only have them set to On when I do a workout, or when using Maps app, which does not happen very often.

Looking at watchOS complications implementation, in there you can set a Default Location which will be then used on all complications, not requiring persistent location search. This Default Location can be also changed from inside the iPhone Weather app. The location that sit on the top of the list, usually, is treated as the Default one.

Also, iOS Weather widgets have the option to manually select the location.

It seems to me that the Lock Screen widgets are just coupled together with Location Services, at least at this point in time. I have some hope still, that with future updates, maybe they will also follow the watchOS weather approach. Fingers crossed. 🤞

 

[addamas]

Nope, Apple is too dumb to allow us do the same what is possible on main screen - as you mentioned, posting a weather widget with set location.

Whoever planned this feature, then developed and tested… please change your job.

Setting current state of location services based weather widget cut my battery by 10-15% per day.