Like us, one of the first things we do each day is check the weather app on our iPhone. If you got a blank screen back this morning, it’s not a Wi-Fi issue. Apple’s systems have had serious problems this week.
After an intermittent outage lasting more than half a day, service was restored on Tuesday, but the problem returned Wednesday morning. According to Apple’s status page, the app was fixed Tuesday afternoon and then again Wednesday morning, so a major fix to the Weather app itself is needed to prevent the outage from happening again. seems necessary.
According to Apple’s System Status page on Tuesday, the Weather app had an “ongoing” issue with a “slow or unreliable” service since 11 p.m. Monday. According to Apple’s status update, the issue reappeared overnight and was fixed at 3:45 AM ET.
Apple says “some users are affected” anecdotal evidence— including Macworld’s own experience — the problem seemed to be fairly widespread. It also seems to affect the weather widget showing “No weather data available” even though the app shows the weather correctly. The update was slow Wednesday morning, even after Apple claimed the issue had been fixed.
Apple responded to inquiries on Twitter with the message, “We are currently working on a resolution for the weather app outage and will post an update online.” By late afternoon, Apple’s status pages were all green and warning indicators were gone.
Some Macworld staff have been experiencing issues with the Weather app on and off over the past few weeks. Apps may load slowly or may not load at all. Quitting and restarting the app is a quick workaround, but even that doesn’t always work. No), and it’s not clear if the app doesn’t need a major fix. Some reports suggest an iOS 16.4.1 update may be imminent to fix the underlying issue. Fixes must be delivered as part of a larger iOS update, as Apple does not update apps independently of the system.
Of course, this is not the end of the story. There are many ways to check weather conditions and forecasts on your smartphone. But after Apple shut down his popular Dark Sky app on January 1st, the standard iOS Weather app, which incorporates many of iOS 16’s Dark Sky features, became the go-to weather information for more users. could be the source.
