The Weather Company, an IBM Business, and Samsung announce an expanded strategic alliance that will make The Weather Company the default weather data provider on select Samsung devices, beginning this year with Samsung's flagship Galaxy S8 and S8+ devices. This includes powering Samsung's weather widget and weather executions across select Samsung Android and Tizen products. As part of the agreement, The Weather Channel App for Android will also be promoted globally in the Galaxy App Store. Samsung is one of the largest smartphone providers in the world, and this collaboration provides The Weather Company the potential to reach hundreds of millions of additional smartphone users over the next several years.

"This is an exciting moment for The Weather Company and IBM. This alliance with Samsung will put our weather information in millions of new devices, allowing us to serve crucial weather information to people in new markets across the globe," said Cameron Clayton, CEO and general manager, The Weather Company, an IBM Business. "Collaborating in this way will also bring new opportunities to connect with users and expand our growing IoT business."

"We are committed to providing our consumers with the best weather data right at their fingertips, and we feel this collaboration will greatly enhance the experience for those Samsung users seeking weather forecasts, news and information and personal insights on how to plan their day," said Injong Rhee, CTO of the Mobile Communications Business at Samsung Electronics.