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iOS 8 dumps Yahoo! for weather data from The Weather Channel

iOS 8 dumps Yahoo! for weather data from The Weather Channel
Jonathan Riggall

Jonathan Riggall

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Apple’s native iOS Weather app has always got its data from Yahoo!, but that’s changing in iOS 8. The upcoming version of iOS will take its weather directly from The Weather Channel.

This won’t mean any change in the quality of the weather data you get in iOS 8, as Yahoo! also gets its weather data from The Weather Channel, so Apple is simply cutting out the middleman. Perhaps ironically, the Yahoo! Weather app was a winner of Apple’s Design Awards. Apple’s own Weather app is still arguably less attractive than that app, and iOS 8’s version still looks basic in comparison.

This isn’t the first time Apple has changed its sources for data. It famously dumped Google Maps in 2012, instead launching its own Maps which took data from Dutch company TomTom, and became infamous for its errors. Apple has also ditched Google in favor of Bing for its default search in OS X Yosemite. It’s not clear why Apple has got rid of Yahoo!, but its moves against Google look increasingly personal.

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