The latest flagship duo from Samsung- The Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8 Plus has already been officially unboxed in NYC on 29th March. With all the stunning specs and features, the device is truly a flagship killer of 2017. Moreover, the Galaxy S8 is available for pre-orders at the US carriers and Samsung’s official website, but the shipping is expected to start from 21st April. If you are an avid reader of AndroidSage, you might be knowing that we are continuously coming up with the official S8 features for you guys. As of now, we have already posted on the Galaxy S8/S8 Plus Infinity stock wallpapers, Stock Apps, Virtual assistant Bixby, Galaxy S8 Launcher and much more to follow. Meanwhile, Galaxy S8 is the first device to come up with the rounded Google search widget. The weather app & clock widget is also as stunning. So, if you’re already a fan of it and want the same on your android phone, there is a good news for you. We have got a hold on the Stock weather app and Clock widget from Galaxy S8. You can grab it from the downloads section below.
This is how the Weather & Clock widget looks on your device
Basically, there are two methods to get the Weather widget and Clock widget on your device. The first method is by installing the Stock Weather widget on your device. But is is important to note the Stock widget can only be installed on the Samsung devices. So, it is recommended only Samsung users should follow the method 1. Rest of the users can follow the alternative method 2.
Method 1: Installing Stock Weather Widget (Only for Samsung Devices)
If you have a Samsung device running Android 7.0 Nougat and later, you can follow this method. As the System dump for Galaxy S8 is now available, we have extracted the Stock Weather widget from the same. The Weather widget comes as an APK file and you can simply download and install it on your phone. Furthermore, you just need to go into the widgets section and drag the particular widget on your home screen. The file weighs around 5.78MB, you can grab the links in the downloads section given below.
Once the installation is done your home screen should look like this
Download Stock Weather App & Clock Widget from Samsung Galaxy S8(Plus)
The file given below is an apk file, it can be directly installed on your Samsung device.
Direct Link| Mirror| File: Stock Galaxy S8 Weather & Clock widget_apk
Method 2: For any Android device
Even though the above mentioned Stock Weather widget is only for the Samsung devices, following this workaround will let you get the same on your device. This method does not require root, so just follow each and every step as given below.
To do so, all you have to do is install the Xwidget app by XwidgetSoft on your Android device. The ‘Xwidget app’ weighs around 2.71MB and is available on the Play Store. You can get the direct download link here-> Download| File: XWidget.apk
How to get the Galaxy S8 weather & clock widget using Xwidget app?
One you are installing the Xwidget app, simply open it and follow the given steps.
For Weather Widget:
- Open the app.
- From the Online Tab, tap on the Galaxy S8 Weather Widget and download it.
- The widget gets downloaded in the Local Tab
Similarly, for Clock Widget:
- Open the app.
- From the Online Tab, tap on the Galaxy S8 Clock Widget and download it.
- The widget gets downloaded in the Local Tab
- Go to the Home screen
- Tap on the black space for few seconds
- The tap the widgets
- Choose the Xwidget widget of any size and place it on your home screen
- You will be asked to choose the widget from the list, Simply select the downloaded Galaxy S8
- Once you choose those, it will appear on your Home screen.
- For a better experience, download the S8’s Stock Wallpapers