Dark Sky fans flocked to Twitter and Reddit over the weekend to share screenshots of the app coming back to life. The app showed hourly and weekly forecast information, real-time precipitation data, and notifications. The only aspect of the app that didn’t come back online was the radar feature, which is what led many fans to believe the change was a mistake.
Unfortunately for Dark Sky fans, Apple flipped the switch on Monday morning and took the app offline again, likely for the final time.
Apple had previously planned to begin shutting down the Dark Sky app, website, and API at the end of 2021. This change was delayed until the end of 2022. Apple originally acquired Dark Sky in March of 2020 and has used the technology to make a number of upgrades to its built-in Weather app.