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- Hi, this is Lee Garrett
and welcome to another weekly tip video.
Gone are the days where we used to rely
on our local weather person to appear
on the television and tell us the weather forecast
for the coming days.
Now we have an expectation to be able to view
this information as and when we need it.
And sometimes before we even know that we need it.
There are some great weather applications
available in iOS, however today,
I'm going to show you how to use one
that not only gives me accurate information
but entertains me at the same time.
And that's CARROT Weather.
Now at the time of recording it costs $3.99
and there are also two subscription plans
you can take out as well which we'll cover shortly.
So let's open it up and see what we've got.
The first time you open the application,
you'll get the traditional CARROT app's salutation
which is, "Greetings, Meatbag."
And CARROT will asked to be granted access
to your location.
There is also an option in the bottom right
to toggle the personality on or off.
Now as CARROT's unique selling point
is the personality of the AI assistant,
I definitely leave this on.
So I'm just going to grant location access here.
Click Allow.
And we're presented with the main interface.
Already you can see, it's great to look at.
Most importantly, though, it's very easy to use.
I can scroll across the timeline in the centre
to check the hourly forecast for the next few days.
I'm currently recording this on a Saturday
so there we can see tomorrow's forecast
and if I keep on scrolling,
there's Monday, then eventually
I'll reach a point where I have to tap the screen
to reveal any extended hourly data beyond that point.
So now I can see the hourly forecast for Monday,
Tuesday, and so on.
At the bottom, there is a daily timeline bar.
And this will automatically move
the hourly timeline above to that given day.
So I'm just going backwards to today's date now.
There's Monday, bit further back is Sunday,
and eventually we get to today, Saturday.
Tapping on a single hour will show some more information
in the information window at the top.
Moving to the top of the screen,
tapping in the top left-hand corner
will show many any weather alerts
that have just been announced.
Where I live it's a little bit sleepy weather-wise.
I live on the coast but aside from a one-off
storm every year or so, we don't really get much
by way of weather alerts.
However, dependent on your own location,
this maybe something worth checking out occasionally.
I'll just close this.
To the right of that, we have the share button
and this looks like it will just open the standard
iOS share sheet but not so.
It actually opens CARROT Weather's own share window
where you can screenshot the current forecast
for sending to others.
You can redact your location.
And at the top there it shows I'm in
Ramsgate, currently, in the U.K.
I can tap the redact location button
and my location is pixelated out.
I'll just untick that.
You can crop the extended forecast if you wish.
So currently that's set but if I was to untick that button,
both the hourly timeline in the centre
and the daily timeline at the bottom appear.
I just tick that again.
And then tapping the take screenshot button
will now give you the share sheet to send the image.
So you can send a screenshot via message, typically,
or through any application that has an enabled
share extension.
Tapping the location field allows you
to change location.
So currently I'm in Ramsgate which is where my office is.
However, quite often I work in London
so I change that here to show me the forecast
for when I'm with clients.
It's good to know if I need my big coat or not.
So I just type in the search term
and the results appear.
I just tap London and you can see quite clearly
it looks like it's raining there at the moment.
There's also a weather alert I can see has appeared
in the top left-hand corner.
Tapping on it shows us we've got wind warnings
in London and the southeast.
Let's look at the map view.
This is a great feature.
There's a key in the top left-hand corner
that shows you what the different colours denote.
And this can be removed simply by tapping on it.
You can pinch in and out as you would expect
in a map application.
Clicking the play button in the bottom left-hand corner
will play back the weather animations
for the last hour.
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