Apple wants Dark Sky users to use its revamped Weather app

Dark Sky is sunsetting in the new year. And Apple wants to remind its users that the company has integrated many of its features into its default Weather app. Apple bought Dark Sky back in March 2020 and plans to shut down the app on January 1, 2023. Now, it wants to remind the app's users that many of its functionalities are available in the Weather app on iOS 16, iPadOS 16, and macOS Ventura. 

The Weather app now has down-to-the-minute precipitation forecasts for snow and rain, hourly forecasts for the next 10 days, and weather modules with expanded information on humidity, precipitation levels, visibility, wind speed, and more.   

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Apple rolls out update for Dark Sky weather app

After acquiring Dark Sky last year, we finally get the second update for the weather app from Apple. It brings about some stability and performance improvements along with better VoiceOver support, the complications on the Apple Watch are updated more frequently, and a fix on a problem that could prevent the moon phase from updating.

Dark Sky's API was supposed to shut down for third-party use at the end of the year. But now, the app and its website will remain for another year. It gives those who use the hyperlocal weather app more time to look for an alternative if you aren't on Apple's ecosystem, that is.

Source: 9to5Mac

Weather app Dark Sky on Android is no more

If you're an Android user and a fan of the highly localized weather app Dark Sky, we have bad news for you. You may or may not have heard that Apple acquired the company back in March. And now, Apple has shut down its Android and Wear OS apps as promised. The company extended Dark Sky's availability on Android for an extra month, after initial plans of shuttering it on July 1. Those with subscriptions should be cancelled already, and the developers promise a "full refund" to its Android subscribers. 

The website is still live, but we don't know how long that will be. But embedded material doesn't seem to be an option anymore. Any third-party apps that use Dark Sky's data have until the end of 2021 to transition to other services.

Source: Apple Insider + Engadget

Dark Sky brings to-the-minute weather updates to new site

If you’re into weather forecasting, you might have heard of the handy Dark Sky app. Now, the Dark Sky Company is hoping to recreate that with a new website. The site will have the key features of the app and will show things like current temperature, weekly forecast, and to-the-minute rain forecast. According to Wired, the weather map shown is “situationally aware” and will change depending on what type of info is most relevant at the time. For example, it’ll show you the precipitation radar if it’s raining.

With the launch of darksky.net, the site Forecast.io will be shut down. The Forecast.io extension that developers can use will also be renamed to Dark Sky. The site is completely free and it looks like it’ll stay that way. It’s just meant to introduce users to what the app can do, which is available on Android and iOS.