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 ...

Despite Google apps and services being in a relatively complete state after years of iteration, the brand is never truly done, making small tweaks here and there as it sees fit. For the most part, ...

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 ...

If you used a smartphone in the 2010s and had an interest at all in weather alerts, you probably remember Dark Sky. The hyperlocal weather app earned a devoted following for its uncanny ability to ...

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 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 ...

The core idea behind the new Acme Weather app is that no weather forecast is 100% reliable. The new app doesn’t just present a single official forecast. Instead, it also displays alternate predictions ...