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Oct 25, 2023 · Apple says Dark Sky’s most beloved features have been integrated into its app, but Dark Sky fans aren’t convinced. Things were different then, they say. Things were better. My growing...
- Alex Abad-Santos
- Checking The Weather
- Navigating The App
- Forecasts Focus on The Present
- Accuracy
- Conclusion
Like Apple's own Weather app, Dark Sky is able to provide you with current weather stats in addition to a forecast for the next seven days. But the layout it uses to display the information is a bit different than what you find in Apple's offering. In Dark Sky, the default screen displays current temperature, "feels like" temperature, sky condition...
Navigating through Dark Sky is accomplished by using a combination of gestures and taps. As I just mentioned, tapping on the main screen reveals extra current weather stats. Swiping from left to right will reveal an animated radar map displaying either precipitation or temperature. (Radar is something you won't find in Apple's weather app.) Swiping...
You might have noticed there's a theme of hourly forecasts within Dark Sky. This measure of time is arguably the most important part of Dark Sky -- it gives you the weather for your personal location at that particular moment. In most instances, it can tell you -- to the exact minute -- when you should expect rain or snow to start falling from the ...
Anyone who regularly watches a local newscast can tell you the weather forecast is semi-accurate at best. I have found Dark Sky to be amazingly accurate for the most part, but there have been times when it steered me wrong. On a few different occasions I've opened the app only to find it says I should expect rain within the next hour, when I can al...
Not only does Dark Sky have the flattened, elegant look you expect from an iOS 7-specific app, it has features that should have been included in Apple's weather app to begin with. While I know the app is clearly just pulling in weather data and tailoring it to me, when I see it start to rain (as predicted) at 3:20 pm on the dot, it's almost like so...
- Contributing Writer, Zdnet
- Jackadam
Jul 3, 2023 · Apple acquired forecast provider Dark Sky in 2022, and integrated many of its features into Apple Weather, which is installed by default on many Apple products.
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Jan 2, 2023 · According to Apple, the latest version of Weather includes features like very precise precipitation forecasts, hourly forecasts for the next 10 days, and high-resolution weather maps.
- Stan Schroeder
- Senior Editor
- stan@mashable.com
Apr 4, 2023 · Carrot Weather sources its weather data from the same data that Dark Sky used, so its local forecasts are often accurate and reliable. It even includes options to make the app look and...
- Brendan Hesse
Dec 29, 2022 · At the end of this year, Dark Sky—the popular, sleek, sometimes accurate weather app—will go dark, its various components ambiguously incorporated into Apple’s revamped weather...
Apr 18, 2018 · Dark Sky is the best weather app for anyone who spends a lot of time outdoors, finds Apple’s own weather app to be less than accurate, or hates getting caught in the rain. Bottom line: The...
