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Bring back the weather app!
I discovered yesterday that the Weather Channel app has been discontinued. I'm not happy about this! I use this app constantly. It's really the only add on app that I use in the car. I love it when I'm driving long distances alone and I need to check the weather. It's so much safer to look at the radar quickly on the screen vs trying to pull it up on my phone while I'm driving. I live in the Midwest and the weather can change quickly, especially in the spring and summer. OnStar is about being safe in your vehicle. I can't think of any apps that they offer that are more important to safety than the weather app. Please bring it back! I will definitely pay a little extra to have the app. It's important to me and my safety! I called OnStar yesterday to let them know my concerns about this decision. I hope they decide to bring it back!
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Yes they need to bring it back! This weekend was full of bad weather tornadoes etc! It would have been nice to have a working weather app on my car!
I am also really upset about this! I use it everyday in my truck..... Bad move OnStar...
Ah no notice of discontinuation. Just silent feature removal.
Love they're removing features without telling people. Now I guess I have no reason to keep onStar anymore. Have had it since I got the truck 5 years ago.
GM firing software teams, removing apps, all while trying to push for software defined vehicles and remove things line android auto.
I've owned 5 GM products and currently own 3, but it feels like their deliberately trying to remove features people like to force us to pay for stuff we don't want
I agree with others that the TWC app for weather was useful. If not TWC, replace it with something of equal value!. It drives me crazy that apps are removed or stop working because of a lack of effort on GM’s part. I use the Dash app as well (now Litt) and that app is not working correctly because it hasn’t been updated. Essentially I have a vehicle that is less than two years old and I’m stuck with an infotainment system that is already losing functionality. Come on GM, you can do better than this!!
Majority of the apps within the vehicle are not even useful. The weather channel was and I used it everyday.
As GMC owners who pay for OnStar to provide access to app that GMC says are available for customers, it looks like we have been DOGEd. With that being said, the only reason I have the basic plan was for WC app and IHeart app. All the other apps including MAP+ are worthless and really are not worth a subscription. I also have the extended data plan. The only reason I got that was when I am driving in an area with marginal cell service, I can use the trucks wifi hotspot for cell instead of phone. External antenna is usually best for reception. I am now wondering if that thought process was bad. I am thinking of dropping OnStar at the end of this next billing cycle. I have not had the great experience with their service over the years and all I need is a key fob and Apple Car-net for most of what I need including Weather Channel and IHeart radio. Only thing I am stuck on now is the extended data plan. Not sure I need that. I do like the hotspot advantage though. Any thoughts from you other users.
We all are pissed they dropped the weather channel. It was an important feature to warn us of bad or life-threatening weather. All they have said is they dropped the app over a contract problem. Which probably just means that the weather channel wanted more money. First, we lost our phone service through OnStar now this. Makes us wonder just what we are getting for out money anymore.
Bring it back
Bring back the weather app. Nice to see the weather as I’m driving with my location on the map
Yeah bring it back the warnings were great info and the radar helped too.
So they killed the Alexa Skill and now this. They will rationalize it with some kind of bull**bleep**. This is the last GM I will ever own.