News + Interests widget problem

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colinuu

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#287169 10-Jun-2021 22:59

So my Windows now has the new widget that appears on the task bar. I set the weather location to our local area. Right now the task bar shows

and the weather card in the expanded widget

Click the See full forecast button to see this

Also the MSN news feed in Edge has

Where does the 8 deg come from? My weather station says 13 deg, so I can believe 12, but not 8. The widget thing's a bit useless!

colinuu

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#2727551 12-Jun-2021 08:28

So it stayed stuck on 8 deg until just now after re-starting the laptop. Now it shows correctly. I'll see if it updates properly after this.

colinuu

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#2728041 13-Jun-2021 17:39

Now it shows 9 deg while the real temperature is 14. The overnight low was 9, so it seems to be on a downward ratchet. My desktop PC behaves correctly, just the laptop doing this.

Any ideas out there?

1101

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#2728279 14-Jun-2021 10:01

colinuu:

Any ideas out there?

yes, disable widgets
Its a toy, a bobble , a distraction . So I wouldnt expect accuracy in displayed temps from widgets :-)

Fred99

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#2728462 14-Jun-2021 12:17

Yep. Right-click on taskbar. Kill the annoying thing:

colinuu

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#2728844 14-Jun-2021 22:23

1101:

colinuu:

Any ideas out there?

yes, disable widgets
Its a toy, a bobble , a distraction . So I wouldnt expect accuracy in displayed temps from widgets :-)

Yep. Why would they make the update rate so slow that the data is meaningless? From what I have seen so far this widget displays virtually the same as what you get on an Edge new tab which at least is up to date. I don't see any point to it.