--- title: The Weather Channel comes to Ubuntu on smartphones description: The Ubuntu phone is developing fast. Today, it includes all the functionality you’d expect from a smartphone and, with growing support from App partners, relevant apps will be included on Ubuntu smartphones from launch. We’re working with The Weather Channel to ensure its popular weather app will available for Ubuntu users from the moment […] url: https://canonical.com/blog/the-weather-channel-comes-to-ubuntu-on-smartphones?format=md --- 1. [Blog](https://canonical.com/blog) 2. Article --- [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical "More about Canonical") 4 December 2013 # The Weather Channel comes to Ubuntu on smartphones [Apps](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/apps) [Partner](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/partner) --- Share the article The Ubuntu phone is developing fast. Today, it includes all the functionality you’d expect from a smartphone and, with growing support from App partners, relevant apps will be included on Ubuntu smartphones from launch. We’re working with The Weather Channel to ensure its popular weather app will available for Ubuntu users from the moment the phones hit retail. The Weather Channel is one of the most downloaded apps on smartphones and tablets today and its customisable app offers detailed weather forecasts as well as fast, accurate and localised maps. The Weather Channel will also provide the content for the community-built Ubuntu weather application, which is being developed and designed as part of the [core apps programme](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/CoreApps). The app will include a ‘click-through’ option which will direct users to The Weather Channel’s website should they want more detailed weather information. The partnership also means that weather forecasts will be  prioritised in the Ubuntu platform’s search results when users search for location or activity related information. Mike Zarrilli, Vice President International Digital at The Weather Channel comments, “Ubuntu’s mobile platform presents new opportunities for us to reach new audiences as our content and apps become available across all the most popular platforms. Ubuntu is the only platform that will prioritise weather forecasts through searches in the OS itself, which means that people get access to the information they need quickly.” [Get in touch Interested in running Ubuntu in your organization?](https://ubuntu.com/about/contact-us/form) ## Sign up for our newsletter Get the latest Canonical news and updates in your inbox. Work email: \*I agree to receive information about Canonical's products and services. By submitting this form, I confirm that I have read and agree to [Canonical's Privacy Policy](https://canonical.com/legal/dataprivacy). Sign up ## Share on --- ## Related posts [### A decade of Ubuntu on IBM Z and IBM LinuxONE](https://canonical.com/blog/a-decade-of-ubuntu-on-ibm-z-and-ibm-linuxone) This year we celebrate a decade of Ubuntu Server support on the s390x architecture: marking a long-standing collaboration between Canonical and IBM that began at LinuxCon 2015.... [Pedro Lazzarotto](https://canonical.com/blog/author/pedro-lazzarotto) 12 June 2026 [### AI at the edge: simplifying infrastructure with Cisco and Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/ai-at-the-edge-simplifying-infrastructure-with-cisco-and-canonical) Legacy infrastructure was not designed for the requirements of the AI era. While large-scale model training remains centralized in data centers, test-time inference is rapidly... [Pedro Lazzarotto](https://canonical.com/blog/author/pedro-lazzarotto) 11 June 2026 [### Canonical expands Ubuntu support to next-generation MediaTek Genio 520 and 720 platforms](https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-expands-ubuntu-support-to-next-generation-mediatek-genio-520-and-720-platforms) Canonical is pleased to announce the early access launch of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS for MediaTek’s Genio IoT platforms. Building on the companies’ strategic partnership, this release... [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical) 20 April 2026 [### AMI and Canonical announce partnership](https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-boot-in-uefi-announcement) Today, Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, announced a partnership with AMI, a provider of Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) solutions, allowing users of AMI’s... [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical) 24 November 2025