SimpleGlance Weather Widget
· v1.4.1
About
A clean, minimal weather widget for Garmin Fenix watches.
Features
- Radial watch face layout — temperature (top), rain (bottom-left), wind (bottom-right)
- Temperature and feels-like temperature
- Wind speed, gust, direction arrow and compass label
- Rainfall (mm, current hour)
- Hourly forecast: Now + 3 hours ahead (weather icon, temperature, rain mm, wind speed and direction)
- Daily forecast: Today + 4 days ahead (weather icon, high/low temperature, wind, rain)
- Two-location toggle (GPS ↔ Home) with indicator dots showing active location
- Background refresh on a configurable interval (15 / 30 / 60 min)
- Glance view showing both Home and GPS locations side by side — condition indicator and current temperature for each
- Offline cache — last known data shown instantly on launch
- No API key required — powered by Open-Meteo (free, no sign-up)
Navigation
UP / DOWN — Cycle through pages: Current Conditions → Hourly Forecast → Daily Forecast
SELECT — Toggle between GPS location and home location
MENU — Force refresh weather data
The two dots at the bottom of the current-conditions screen indicate the active location: left dot = GPS, right dot = Home.
I am a novice and develop as a part time. I can not provide support or any guidance on the app.
What's new
v1.4.0 & 1.4.1- battery usage improvements
v1.3.0 changes:
- 3 pages — current conditions, hourly forecast (Now + 3hrs), daily forecast (5 days)
- Weather icons — Met.no icon set across all forecast views
v1.2.0 changes:
- The widget now has two pages. UP or DOWN switches between the current conditions screen and a new forecast screen. Your GPS/Home toggle works on both pages — you always see the right location regardless of which page you're on.
The forecast screen shows:
- Hourly strip — Now, +1h, +2h, +3h: temperature and rain probability for each hour
- Daily rows — Today, +1d, +2d, +3d: high/low temperature, wind speed & direction, and daily rainfall total