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TL;DR
- Google has began rolling out a cool new characteristic for the Pixel Climate app to supply customers a extra immersive expertise.
- The characteristic makes your cellphone vibrate in sync with climate animations and performs an accompanying audio clip.
- Immersive climate vibrations seems to be rolling out through a server-side replace and may attain all customers within the coming days.
Google debuted a recent Pixel Climate app with the Pixel 9 sequence earlier this 12 months, that includes a very revamped interface with many customization choices, AI-powered climate studies, a helpful climate map, and new widgets. The app just lately made its solution to older Pixel units, and Google is now including one other cool characteristic that ought to improve person expertise.
Final month, we noticed an in-development characteristic in a teardown of the Pixel Climate app that might make units vibrate in sync with climate animations and play audio results. The Immersive climate vibrations characteristic has began rolling out to some customers (H/T Mishaal Rahman) on model 1.0.20240910.678970266.launch of the Pixel Climate app through a server-side replace.
You possibly can test if the characteristic is accessible in your machine by tapping your avatar within the top-right nook of the Pixel Climate app. If it’s obtainable, you need to see a brand new Immersive climate vibrations possibility on the next pop-up. The characteristic presents distinctive vibration patterns for a number of climate situations, together with drizzle, heavy rain, snow, scattered showers, thunderstorms, and extra. It additionally performs a sound alongside the vibration to supply a extra immersive expertise.
The Immersive climate vibrations characteristic appears to be rolling out regularly, because it’s not obtainable on a number of of our units. We count on it to succeed in all customers over the approaching days.
