Back in 2020, Apple acquired the hyperlocal Dark Sky weather app leading it to shut down the Android version of the app. Dark Sky became famous for its forecasts that gave the precise time when users should expect precipitation in local areas. These forecasts were made using crowdsourced data and the accuracy of its calls helped it amass over 1 million Android users (all of whom lost access to the app unless they switched to iOS).
Many of Dark Sky’s hyperlocal features will be integrated into the native iOS weather app
It also explains how the native iOS weather app now shows down-to-the-minute precipitation forecasts and hourly forecasts for the next ten days including temperature, precipitation amounts, humidity, dew point, wind speed, barometric pressure, ‘feels like’ temperature, and visibility. Dark Sky features integrated into the native weather app are…
