# Smart Weather Android App - Not working without Google **URL:** \ **Category:** Tempest Owners\ **Tags:** android, google\ **Created:** [April 29, 2020, 9:23pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/smart-weather-android-app-not-working-without-google/5800 "2020-04-29T21:23:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lenny](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tempest.earth/lenny/32/16822_2.png) [@lenny](https://community.tempest.earth/u/lenny)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2020, 9:23pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/smart-weather-android-app-not-working-without-google/5800/1 "2020-04-29T21:23:54Z")
I use a secure variant of Android called GrapheneOS It does not contain components that communicate back to Google. When sideloading Smart Weather onto my phone, I am getting the following error when trying to log in to the WeatherFlow servers: “FIREBASE\_AUTH\_API is not available on this device” Must the developers have to send my login through Google so that I can see the data from my weather station? This seems quite absurd… ---
**Author:** ![WFstaff](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tempest.earth/wfstaff/32/6006_2.png) [@WFstaff](https://community.tempest.earth/u/WFstaff)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2020, 10:42pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/smart-weather-android-app-not-working-without-google/5800/2 "2020-04-29T22:42:08Z")
Hi Lenny, Our apps rely on Firebase and other Google services for things like authentication, data synchronization, maps and some messaging. Using Firebase is actually **more** secure than if our small team were to develop and maintain our own versions of their services. Be super careful side-loading our app as we don’t publish an APK nor do we support side-loaded apps. Note that you can see your weather data anonymously by visiting your station page here: [https://smartweather.weatherflow.com/station/2587/grid](https://smartweather.weatherflow.com/station/2587/grid)