Weather4D had been ported to Android from fall 2013. One year later, in December 2014, Weather4D integrated charting navigation, NMEA data support via TCP-IP protocol, Autopilot control. Routing was only missing, already developed on iOS for Apple devices.
Alas, the following years, the time-consuming increase in iOS development had not allowed the developer to keep up with the Android version at the same level of features. Finally, two years ago, Google has announced that apps using native code should include a version 64 Bits (in addition to the 32 Bits).
The developer explains on his website (*) :
"Weather4D Android is an application 32 bits in support mode as we focused on the iOS platform. It was therefore questionable to convert it into an application 64 Bits. With this in mind,, Weather4D Android will be phased out. Google will remove the app automatically from the Play Store in August 2021 ”.
In conjunction with this observation, the Recent collaboration with SailGrib, Weather routing and navigation applications leader on Android with its version SailGrib WR, led to the switch of the Weather4D application on Android to SailGrib at the end of the year, while maintaining the same functions (Weather Models, cartography) in addition to the many advanced features already present in SailGrib.
In the future, developers of these applications, iOS and Android, continue to work together to bring the functions of the two products more closer, and thus offer their users the same level of service and quality.
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(*) The Future of Weather4D Android
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