AcuRite is ending availability of the My AcuRite iOS and Android app after May 30, requiring device owners to use AcuRite NOW released in June 2025. The change has upset long-time users because AcuRite NOW lacks some prior capabilities, including renaming multiple temperature sensors, organizing sensors on-screen, and reporting temperatures with anything other than whole numbers. AcuRite says it is working on adding some missing features. AcuRite NOW is built on a newer cloud-connected platform intended to support broader connected-device functionality. The platform is described as a stronger foundation for mobile-first development, cloud-based feature updates, longer weather data history, and improved account management, device pairing, and notifications.
"AcuRite, which makes smart weather-monitoring devices, announced this month that the My AcuRite iOS and Android app that has been around since 2016 won't be available after May 30. After that date, device owners must use AcuRite NOW, which AcuRite released in June 2025, to control their gadgets."
"The announcement has frustrated long-time AcuRite users, largely because the new app lacks some of its predecessors' capabilities. For example, AcuRite NOW doesn't allow renaming multiple temperature sensors, organizing on-screen sensors, or reporting temperatures as anything other than whole numbers (AcuRite says it's working on adding some of these features)."
"He pointed to AcuRite NOW being built on a "newer cloud-connected platform" that enables more flexibility. My AcuRite was "primarily a weather-station cloud dashboard," compared to AcuRite NOW, which " is intended to be a broader, connected-device platform," per the executive."
"Explaining further, he said: "[My AcuRite] provided app and web access to weather data, but the underlying technology was more limited in terms of long-term app development, modern cloud services, smart home integration, and support for newer connected devices.""
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