Google Is Quietly Retiring Its Old Weather App On Android: Folding Everything Into Search

Google’s long-neglected Weather “app” on Android is finally being phased out, and the replacement isn’t a shiny new app—it’s Google Search. For years, non-Pixel users relied on that little sun-and-G icon that acted more like a shortcut than a standalone app. It loaded a lightweight, Froggy-themed interface with forecasts, hourly breakdowns, and condition cards. It wasn’t flashy, but it was familiar.

Now, Google seems ready to shut the door on it for good.

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The Weather shortcut now opens Search

Since mid-October, users have started noticing something odd. Tapping the homescreen weather icon no longer opens the old interface. Instead, it launches a search results page with a message saying the weather page has moved. For others, the button at the bottom that used to say “View all details” has simply vanished.

Google has not officially announced this change; however, all evidence points towards its gradual server-side phase-out. Pixel phones already feature their own native Weather app, so this move primarily affects everyone else.

Why Google is doing it

The older Weather interface barely received updates—2023 was the last major refresh—and maintaining it separately doesn’t make much sense when Google Search is updated constantly. This mirrors what happened on Wear OS: Google quietly pulled the Weather app for new users and told them to rely on their watch’s built-in solution instead.

Now that same logic is landing on phones.

A redesigned Search experience replaces it

To make this transition less jarring, Google recently revamped the weather UI inside Search. It still features Froggy but now blends the hourly forecast right into the main card, adds a swipeable 10-day forecast, and puts precipitation, wind, humidity, and air-quality data in expandable sections.

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It looks cleaner than before — but it’s still a search results page. That means lots of extra links, less of a full-screen feel, and a slightly cluttered experience compared to having a dedicated, app-like layout.

Where this leaves Android users

Right now, most people still see the old Weather UI when tapping “View all details”. But if the server-side shift has reached your device, that option disappears and you’re redirected straight to Search instead. It’s a quiet sunset for what was technically never an app, but it definitely feels like the end of a chapter.

Unless Google surprises everyone with a new universal weather app, Pixel users will keep their exclusive version — and everyone else will be living inside Search.