iOS and iPadOS 14 They brought great novelties at the level of functionalities to both the iPhone and the iPad. Many of the novelties of these systems were not announced by Apple and it was the developers with the betas who were discovering them. One of the many new features was the 'Precipitation for hours', an addition in the official Weather app. This graphical addition is included above the hourly forecast and includes the hourly level of precipitation. With its launch it was only available in the US. However, a few hours ago the 'Precipitation by hours' function was activated in the UK and Ireland.
'Precipitation for hours' on iOS: the influence of the purchase of Dark Sky
View next hour's rainfall: When there's rain or snow on the way in the next hour, a minute-by-minute rainfall graph appears at the top of the screen (US only).
The inhabitants of the United States or tourists who travel to the country have a new feature in the Weather app on iOS 14. It is 'Precipitation by hours', a graph that appears when there are forecasts of rain or snow in the next few hours. Thanks to this graph we can get an idea of the amount of precipitation that is going to fall at our location. Until now, it was only active in the United States.
However, a few hours ago The United Kingdom and Ireland were beginning to receive the function in their Weather app. Apparently it is necessary to have iOS 14.4 or the latest betas of iOS 14.5 for the function to be activated. It is unknown if in the coming weeks more countries will get this useful function that puts you on notice of how much it will snow or rain in the next few hours. Something that can be useful to choose our warm clothes or what umbrella to take.
This feature came to iOS 14 since its inception and many claim that is a feature influenced by the purchase of Dark Sky in March 2020, in full pandemic and confinement by COVID-19. Whether or not it is influenced, what is clear is that Apple does not want to merge both applications since Dark Sky is still available in the App Store.