Apple resolves Weather app outage after hours of intermittent issues

14 articles · Updated · 9to5Mac · Apr 28

Apple confirmed the outage lasted from 10:45 AM to 2:30 PM, affecting users across iPhone, Mac, and Apple Watch devices.
The disruption was linked to outages at The Weather Channel, a third-party data provider for Apple Weather, and prompted widespread user reports on social media and Downdetector.
Major outages in Apple’s ecosystem remain rare, and the company’s System Status page did not initially acknowledge the issue despite user complaints and slow app performance throughout the afternoon.

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