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REVIEW
The Weather Channel on Tizen is the radar app reframed for Bixby.
Samsung's TV variant of The Weather Channel is the same competent radar-and-forecast surface you'll find on Roku and Apple TV, with one platform-specific addition: Bixby voice queries that resolve directly into the app.
BY THE APP COMRADE DESK · MAY 9, 2026 · 2 MIN READ
The Weather Channel
WEATHER GROUP TELEVISION
OUR SCORE
7.0
SAMSUNG TV
★ —
PRICE
Free
Weather apps as a category have largely converged. Current temperature, an hourly strip, a ten-day outlook, a radar surface — every credible app ships these and most ship them competently. The Weather Channel’s differentiator on every platform is the radar data depth that comes from the parent organisation’s meteorological infrastructure, and the Tizen variant does the same thing the Roku and Apple TV variants do: it puts that radar on a big screen with adequate-but-not-elegant chrome around it.
The Samsung-specific story is Bixby. On Tizen, the OS-level weather card is a Samsung product; The Weather Channel app sits one layer in, behind a tile launch or a Bixby command. Households that use Bixby get a small workflow win — a single voice query lands them inside the app’s radar instead of inside Samsung’s lighter forecast widget. That’s enough reason to install the app for users who care about radar specifically.
For everyone else, the phone is still the right surface for weather. The Tizen app is competent at the narrow TV use case it serves and the alternatives on Tizen are weaker on radar. That’s the whole pitch, and for the right household it’s enough.
The radar data depth carries the app on every TV platform. On Tizen, Bixby just makes it slightly easier to summon.
FEATURES
The Weather Channel on Samsung Tizen is the smart-TV client of the long-running US weather service, owned by Allen Media Group. The Tizen app provides location-based current conditions, a 10-day forecast, hourly detail, an interactive radar with the standard overlay set (precipitation, temperature, satellite, lightning), and severe-weather alerts.
Tizen-specific features: Bixby voice integration, multi-location switching across the Samsung household profile, and the live broadcast feed of The Weather Channel cable network where carriage agreements permit. Bixby commands like "show me the radar" or "what's the weather in Denver" route into the app rather than opening a generic Samsung weather widget.
Free, ad-supported. Banner ads sit alongside the forecast tables and a pre-roll runs before the Live TV feed. There is no paid tier to remove ads. Severe-weather alerts are configured per-location and surface as Tizen system notifications when the TV is on.
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
The radar is the reason to install this on a Samsung TV. The Weather Channel's interactive radar has decades of meteorological data depth and the layered overlays read well at TV viewing distance. For households who specifically want detailed weather data on a 55-inch screen — morning routine, severe-weather monitoring, multi-location tracking — the app does its job.
Bixby integration is the platform-specific win. On Samsung TVs where Bixby is already the household's default voice surface, "show me the radar" lands directly inside the app rather than fighting with an OS-level weather card. That's a small workflow benefit but a real one for users who already talk to their TVs.
ROOM TO IMPROVE
The interface looks dated. The 2024-2025 radar refreshes helped that surface specifically; the rest of the app — forecast tables, alert lists, settings — still trails the modern weather-app look that the iOS and Android Weather Channel apps now ship with. Tizen's app shells are unforgiving of slow visual updates.
Ad density is the second issue. Banner ads next to a radar a user is consulting to make a 60-second decision (drive or wait, cancel or proceed) feel out of place, and there is no paid tier to opt out. Live TV authentication through a cable provider on a TV remote remains the multi-step ordeal it has always been on smart TVs.
CONCLUSION
Install The Weather Channel on a Samsung TV if you specifically want detailed weather radar on the largest screen in the house. Bixby integration is the small Tizen-specific reason to pick this over the OS-level Samsung weather widget. For most users, the phone app is still the primary surface; the TV install is complementary, not a replacement. Best free weather option on Tizen in 2026.