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Configuring weather and more on the lock screen in Windows

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Alexander_Campbell
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Mar 29, 2024
Today, Windows supports detailed status updates from apps on the lock screen. In the coming weeks, we’re enhancing the lock screen experience, starting with dynamic, interactive weather updates. Th...
Updated Mar 29, 2024
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avatarz
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Jun 10, 2024

Yeah, I do not care about sports or "Other", but why the heck there isn't an option to change if I see weather temp in F or C?

Everything in my settings, except for "Display language" (US English), is set to a value that screams METRIC / Celsius / No "freedom units". The location I am in also uses C by default. Why do I see the weather in Fahrenheit then? (PS/Edit: I tried the berried setting pointed out by NeilAtUniting and it did not work to switch... The date format changed, but nothing else ... and yes, I have only the language set to US English, everything else will have Celsius in it.)

 

Also, let me customize which location I want to see.

And finally this should be OFF by default on any Pro or Enterprise type of installation. Show me that is an option I can enable, if I wanted to, the first time I login after the update that introduces it, but leave it at that. If anything I might be logging on a metered connection and I do not want bandwidth and data limits spent on stuff I never asked for.