show temperature on clock face

[sleedoh]

I have been asked by a few users to show the temperature on the clock face. from what i have found is that there is no api to call a sensor and that we have to use a weather api ? is there a simple way to get just the temperature without having to get lots of weather info ?

[Drifty26]

I don't know if there is an API to retrieve the temperature from the device, but would you want to use it anyway?  Consider being outside in cold weather and the device is on your warm arm underneath a thick jacket - I doubt that would give what you want.

I suspect that to give the user a meaningful temperature you will have to use a weather API to get an accurate value from a remote station.

John

[Giampi71 · Accepted solution]

Hello @sleedoh

You might want to check the following discussion where I posted a simple script to get the weather conditions. I'm confident you can easy implement it in your clockface.

[Barney4]

This is not that uncommon.  Swimmers want to know the water temperature. Casio does a pretty good job of measuring the temperature.  Garmin has this feature now, bit I want to continue with Fitbit if possible 

[Giampi71]

To know the temperature you are in you need a temperature sensor. I really doubt all Garmin have a temperature sensor, maybe only the high end.

[Barney4]

Garmin has a temperature sensor on their higher end smart watches.  Casio has it on their $50 dumb watches.  It is not that exotic.  The watches have to monitor temperatures to prevent overheating.

[Giampi71]

@Barney4 Yes but if there is no hardware sensor it is impossible to be able to read the water temperature. And you posted your request in the SDK section so indeed app developers can't do anything about it.

[Barney4]

I don't know what SDK means.

[Giampi71]

@Barney4 SDK Meaning

Also there is a pinned post about the purpose of this section of the forum

[JakeTheKeane]

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