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Dark Sky is no more.

Apple officially retired the popular animation-rich weather app on January 1st. The tech giant first acquired Dark Sky over two years ago. The app was removed from the App Store back in September, but now it no longer functions for current users that already have it on their device.

While Dark Sky is gone, several of the app’s key features live on in Apple’s official iOS Weather App, including hyperlocal forecasts that offer specific weather information like next-hour precipitation, 10-day forecasts and high-resolution radar maps.

Dark Sky’s Apple Weather app features require your iPhone, iPad or Mac to be running iOS 16, iPadOS 16 or macOS Ventura. Apple also published a guide about how to transition from Dark Sky to its own weather app.

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Apple is (finally) bringing its weather app to the iPad.

The company released the first model of the beloved tablet in 2010. Why it took them 12 years to add the weather app is a question they haven’t answered.

Apple did have a weather widget on the device, but not the app itself. The widget led users to the Weather Channel.

In terms of looks, there’s nothing that makes the app stand out. It looks exactly like the weather app available on the iPhone but is adjusted to fit the larger screen.

The update is part of iPadOS 16, which will also feature new collaborative tools. Apple will release the update to the public in the fall.

And while we’re on the topic, Apple is also bringing the weather app to Mac through macOS Ventura.

The details were shared at WWDC 2022 and you can read more about our coverage here.

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Source: Apple via The Verge