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Weather Personal Widget on Windows Pc

Developed By: Luc DesGroseilliers

License: Free

Rating: 3,9/5 - 2.189 votes

Last Updated: April 16, 2024

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 2.8.12
Size 1.7 MB
Release Date February 08, 23
Category Weather Apps

App Permissions:
Allows applications to open network sockets. [see more (5)]

What's New:
Fix for a crash when removing the widget from the screen [see more]

Description from Developer:
This widget displays the information of a clientraw.txt file generated by the software Weather Display.
This is NOT an application. This is a widget. You need to add it to your hom... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download Weather Personal Widget and install on Windows PC. Weather Personal Widget is free Weather app, developed by Luc DesGroseilliers. Latest version of Weather Personal Widget is 2.8.12, was released on 2023-02-08 (updated on 2024-04-16). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 100,000. Overall rating of Weather Personal Widget is 3,9. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 2,189 users, 342 users had rated it 5*, 1,254 users had rated it 1*.

How to install Weather Personal Widget on Windows?

Instruction on how to install Weather Personal Widget on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Weather Personal Widget on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Step By Step Guide To Install Weather Personal Widget using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "Weather Personal Widget" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install Weather Personal Widget on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Weather Personal Widget" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 2.8.12.

Download Weather Personal Widget 2.8.12 on Windows PC – 1.7 MB

This widget displays the information of a clientraw.txt file generated by the software Weather Display.
This is NOT an application. This is a widget. You need to add it to your home screen after install.

To use it, your need a personal weather station and a program like Weather Display to generate the file clientraw.txt and upload it to a web server.

In the configurations, the URL must me a fully qualified url: https://www.server.com/live/clientraw.txt
It supports http and https protocols.

Click the temperature in the upper left corner to configure, click anywhere else to update the display.

Configurable:
-Temperature units (Celsius or Fahrenheit)
-Wind speed units (kts, m/s, km/h, mph)
-Barometer(hPa, in/hg)
-Rain (mm, in)
-Feels like: Apparent, humidex, windchill, heat index.
-Background/Text color and transparency
-Text size
-Display of an icon for the forecast/current conditions
-Icon transparency
-Auto-update when the device is unlocked
-Periodic update
-URL of the file to download
-file type: clientraw.txt or yowindow.xml.

The small chart behind the temperature is the temperature in the last hour. The limits of the graphic are the hi/lo temperature of the day.

You can activate a periodic update. It will download only when the screen is ON.

To discuss about this widget, you can go to the Weather-Watch forum: https://www.weather-watch.com/smf/index.php?topic=54688.0
Fix for a crash when removing the widget from the screen
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Permission an application must hold in order to use ACTION_REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting.