AccuWeather, the global leader in weather information and digital media, today announced it will provide long-time partner Honor, the leading smartphone e-brand under Huawei Group, with detailed weather information for its newest Honor 6X device. AccuWeather currently provides weather data which powers a home screen weather experience on honor smart devices. It will continue to provide weather information with Superior Accuracy™ for the new honor 6X with this latest integration.
Honor 6X is the smartphone for internet-minded millennials who are uncompromising in quality and experience and live by the “double or nothing” philosophy. The uncompromising quality of its 12 MP dual-lens camera, a powerful battery capacity of 3340 mAh, a large 5.5-inch 1080p screen and glitch-free performance powered by a Kirin 655 Octa-Core CPU, making it the perfect technological “Budget Beast”. Included on the Honor handset will be the AccuWeather powered widget which will provide global current conditions, 5-day, and hourly forecasts. AccuWeather’s content is readily available when users engage with the home screen widget providing them with personalize and localized weather so people can make more informed decisions throughout their day.
“AccuWeather is happy to be a part of another great Honor device launch at CES,” said Steven Smith, President of Digital Media at AccuWeather. “As the world’s leading weather company, with a presence throughout China, AccuWeather is able to bring users all over the world the best and most innovative forecasts available anywhere.”
AccuWeather started the partnership with Huawei in 2009, resulting in AccuWeather being offered globally on a wide variety of Huawei and Honor products. Users of those devices receive accurate and localized forecasts for locations worldwide with current conditions, hour-by-hour forecasts, and more.
In 2015, AccuWeather formed a historic joint venture with the China Meteorological Administration for the distribution of enhanced weather information in China. The partnership expands AccuWeather’s forecast locations and offers people throughout China enhanced weather forecasts of many kinds never before available in China.
