Smart weather-monitoring device vendor AcuRite has delayed plans to force users into a new companion app. The transition from My AcuRite to AcuRite Now, which AcuRite previously scheduled for May 30, has “raised serious questions and concerns among many longtime users,” Jeff Bowie, AcuRite’s vice president of product development, told Ars Technica.
AcuRite, whose devices include weather stations, rain gauges and indoor thermometers, told customers it will discontinue My AcuRite at the end of May. Device owners will have to use AcuRite NOW, an iOS and Android app launching in June 2025, to control their gadgets.
Some longtime users regretted being forced to switch to new software when the current software worked just as well, if not better, than the new app. When Ars first reported on AcuRite in May, AcuRite NOW lacked some features of My AcuRite, including the ability to rename multiple temperature sensors, reporting temperatures in non-integers, as well as an online dashboard option. Users have also highlighted problems uploading data to weather sites and poor layout with wasted space.
Speaking to Ars this week, AcuRite’s Bowie confirmed the delayed closure of My AcuRite. Before shutting down the app, AcuRite is trying to improve AcuRite NOW’s “account setup, device onboarding, station connectivity, data visibility, app usability, notifications, and the overall reliability of the connected experience.”
Bowe noted that “many customers” have reported “shortcomings” of AcuRite Now compared to My AcuRite.
Bowe previously told Ars that the change from My AcuRite to AcuRite Now was necessary. My AcuRite was “primarily a weather-station cloud dashboard,” and AcuRite NOW is meant “to be a comprehensive, connected-device platform,” he said last month. The new app supports more devices, including third-party smart gadgets and Tuya’s SmartLife IoT ecosystem.
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