The Bay Area is in the grip of a heat wave right now. But if you’re feeling like it’s even hotter out there than your phone’s weather app says it is, there’s a good chance you’re not imagining it.

Misleading weather app icons are affecting major attractions like zoos. Rain icons on apps can imply all-day rain, impacting visitor numbers. Weather apps are valuable for current conditions like ...

What happens when you let AI create a game app without touching code? The answer exceeded all my expectations. I’ve been writing about consumer technology and video games for more than a decade at a ...

An app that shows as many forecasts as possible hopes to end the element of surprise in the weather. It also gives notifications for rainbows and picturesque sunsets. If you have a smartphone, you ...

Chandra Steele has been writing about tech for the entirety of her journalism career. She loves making tough topics easy to understand. Before joining Android Police, Chandra was senior features ...

I’m a sucker for a good weather app. On my iPhone, I’ve got a folder with two screens holding a dozen of ‘em, and if you tell me there’s a new one out there, I can’t download it fast enough! Part of ...

The Dark Sky founders are back, building Acme Weather around transparency, maps and community-driven alerts. Getty Images “Our biggest pet peeve with most weather apps is how they (or rather, don’t ...

The legend that was Dark Sky weather is no more. Apple bought that incredible weather app years ago, incorporated some of the tech into its own weather app, and then shut Dark Sky down because like ...

Dark Sky was a rarity in the app world. Universally beloved, the weather app had an uncanny ability to tell you when to expect rain, down to the minute. So when Apple announced plans to buy it six ...