
The new version also adds a better video player so that users can view content from the Weather Channel cable TV network. The app also includes better integration with Microsoft's Bing Maps. There's also an easier way to look back at previous weather data. Instead, the app presents the forecast and other weather information in rows of boxes in a look that has a more "Modern" feel to it.Īlong with the change in the interface, the new Weather Channel app for Windows 8 adds severe weather alerts to the mix, along with more information on the current weather conditions such as wind and humidity. Gone are the "towers" that showed the weather forecast. Today, The Weather Channel launched a major new update for the Windows 8 app, which includes an all new user interface. It was a pretty bare bones app at the time in terms of features but the cable TV network behind the app slowly added more in later updates. The first version of the Weather Channel app for Windows 8 and RT devices was released in November, a couple of weeks after Windows 8 launched.
