Apple has acquired the much-loved climate app Dark Sky.
One of the primary climate companies to make use of machine studying to make very native and very well timed climate predictions, Dark Sky has been a characteristic on nearly each “best weather apps” listing since its launch again in 2012.
What began as a profitable Kickstarter undertaking grew into a world climate prediction service utilized by dozens of apps. Less than a decade later, Dark Sky has introduced in a weblog put up that it has been acquired by Apple.
What this implies for Dark Sky customers
If you’re an iOS consumer, nothing a lot adjustments for you proper now. The Dark Sky app remains to be obtainable within the App Store for $3.99. The firm says, “There might be no adjustments to Dark Sky for iOS at the moment.” [emphasis ours]
If you utilize Dark Sky on Android or Wear OS, you’ll discover the app is now not obtainable. Service to these apps will finish on July 1, 2020. Those with an lively subscription at the moment will get a refund.
The Dark Sky web site may also cease exhibiting climate forecasts on July 1, 2020. The website gained’t disappear, however will exist solely as a assist website for the iOS app and API clients.
Weather apps and companies that use the Dark Sky API will proceed to be serviced by the top of 2021, however the firm is now not accepting new API signups.
Dark Sky is now known as “Dark Sky by Apple” and is topic to Apple’s privateness coverage, which primarily impacts these legacy API customers hanging on by 2021.
