08-12-2026, 01:16 AM
For those who would rather not lend a hypocritical hand to that which they wish to be free from, and who regularly spurn others who stoop as low, this is what Grok says about Google Weather Next (ironies within ironies) enjoy:
Yes — Google’s weather forecasts are now powered by advanced AI models called WeatherNext (specifically WeatherNext 2 as of late 2025).
blog.google
Google DeepMind and Google Research developed the WeatherNext family of AI models for global weather forecasting. WeatherNext 2 is their most advanced version so far. Key points:
blog.google
This builds on earlier Google AI weather work (GraphCast, GenCast/MetNet, etc.). More recent updates (2026) have focused on specialized cyclone/hurricane forecasting with WeatherNext models, which can give extra lead time on track and intensity predictions, and some models have been open-sourced.In short: Google Weather isn’t a brand-new standalone “next AI product,” but the weather you get from Google is increasingly driven by their cutting-edge WeatherNext AI systems.
Yes — Google’s weather forecasts are now powered by advanced AI models called WeatherNext (specifically WeatherNext 2 as of late 2025).
blog.google
Google DeepMind and Google Research developed the WeatherNext family of AI models for global weather forecasting. WeatherNext 2 is their most advanced version so far. Key points:
- It generates more accurate, higher-resolution forecasts (including hourly detail) up to about 15 days ahead.
- It runs much faster than traditional physics-based models (roughly 8× faster than Google’s prior version), producing hundreds of possible weather scenarios in under a minute on a single TPU.
- It outperforms the previous WeatherNext model on 99.9% of variables (temperature, wind, humidity, etc.) and lead times.
- It uses a new approach called a Functional Generative Network (FGN) that injects controlled noise to create realistic, interconnected ensemble forecasts.
theverge.com
- Google Search
- Gemini
- Pixel Weather app
- Google Maps Platform Weather API (and Maps more broadly)
blog.google
This builds on earlier Google AI weather work (GraphCast, GenCast/MetNet, etc.). More recent updates (2026) have focused on specialized cyclone/hurricane forecasting with WeatherNext models, which can give extra lead time on track and intensity predictions, and some models have been open-sourced.In short: Google Weather isn’t a brand-new standalone “next AI product,” but the weather you get from Google is increasingly driven by their cutting-edge WeatherNext AI systems.