Accuweather recently launched a new update to its mobile app across Android and iOS that revamps forecasts with a new graph view that provides easier access to information, and there’s now themed icon support on Android 13.
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Following Apple’s purchase and subsequent murder of Dark Sky for Android, the best weather app on the platform, AccuWeather stepped up to fill the gap with hyperlocal forecasts and a pleasant overall design. Now, AccuWeather has some good news and some bad news. AccuWeather has a new option to get hyperlocal weather notifications, but it’s also locked a basic feature behind a paywall.
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Weather apps might not mean a lot to you, but it’s hard to deny how useful a powerful weather app can be. For many Android users, Dark Sky was the go-to weather app for years, but following an acquisition from Apple earlier this year, the service is set to kill its Android app in just a couple of weeks. Now, AccuWeather is debuting a redesigned Android app that works as a solid replacement.
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Following the death of Dark Sky at the hands of Apple, AccuWeather has become one of the better choices for a weather app on Android devices. Today, AccuWeather has released a new beta update that debuts a Wear OS app as well as improving the app on your phone too.
The death of Dark Sky by the hand of Apple left a void for Android users looking for a good weather app. AccuWeather is, functionally, one of the best alternatives and, now, it’s about to step up its design game with a beta update to its Android app.
If you’ve ever looked for a good weather app, Dark Sky was probably on the list of recommendations. That’s well-deserved as the app was well built on both Android and iOS with a clean design, great features, and excellent weather forecasts too. Now, Apple has acquired Dark Sky and killed off the Android app. If, like me, that’s left you wondering what to move on to, here are the best weather apps for Android.