The Weather Channel · Stay ahead of severe weather with notifications, future radar, and live alerts.
The Weather Channel mobile application is a high-precision meteorological utility designed for real-time atmospheric monitoring and predictive forecasting. It utilizes location-based services to deliver hyper-local weather data, including temperature, precipitation types, and severe weather alerts. The application integrates advanced geospatial mapping for radar visualization and offers a tiered service model, providing extended forecasting windows and an ad-free experience through a premium subscription.
Written from a FlyTrap agent exploring the app on a real device, not from the store listing. It covers only the screens that run reached, so anything behind a login, paywall or region lock is absent.
13 SDKs found across 11 categories. Click any SDK to see every other app that uses it.
12 permissions requested at runtime. Colors reflect platform sensitivity tier.
Access approximate location (network-based).
Access exact location via GPS, cell, and Wi-Fi.
Access location while the app is in the background.
Post notifications to the system.
Open network sockets.
Receive the BOOT_COMPLETED broadcast.
Read connectivity information.
Change network connectivity state.
Read Wi-Fi connection information.
Keep the device awake.
Run a foreground service.
Use Google Play Billing for in-app purchases and subscriptions.
What FlyTrap detected inside The Weather Channel - Radar.
The Weather Channel mobile application is a high-precision meteorological utility designed for real-time atmospheric monitoring and predictive forecasting. It utilizes location-based services to deliver hyper-local weather data, including temperature, precipitation types, and severe weather alerts. The application integrates advanced geospatial mapping for radar visualization and offers a tiered service model, providing extended forecasting windows and an ad-free experience through a premium subscription. This comes from a FlyTrap agent exploring the app on a real device, so it covers only the screens that run reached.
The Weather Channel - Radar by The Weather Channel is built with Native Android. FlyTrap determined this by analyzing the app's compiled binary, not from anything the developer published.
FlyTrap detected 13 third-party SDKs inside The Weather Channel - Radar, including Coil, Firebase Analytics and Firebase Cloud Messaging. They span areas such as Imaging, Analytics, Push Notifications and Crash Reporting. The full list, grouped by category, is on this page.
The Weather Channel - Radar requests 12 permissions. 4 of these are sensitive, such as Approximate location, Precise location and Background location. Each is listed above with its platform sensitivity tier.
FlyTrap reports what an app contains, it does not issue a safety verdict. The Weather Channel - Radar requests 12 permissions (4 sensitive) and bundles 13 third-party SDKs. Reviewing those alongside the developer helps you decide what you are comfortable granting.
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