AcuRite admits new app falls short, delays old app’s May shutdown to fix problems

Smart weather-monitoring device vendor Acu Rite has delayed plans to force users onto a new companion app. The transition from My Acu Rite to Acu Rite NOW, which Acu Rite previously set for May 30, “has raised serious questions and concerns among many long-time users,” Acu Rite’s VP of product development, Jeff Bovee, told Ars Technica. Acu Rite, whose devices include weather stations, rain gauges, and indoor thermometers, told customers that it would shut down My Acu Rite at the end of May. Devices owners would have to use AcuRite NOW, an iOS and Android app launched in June 2025, to control their gadgets instead. Some long-time users lamented being forced to new software when the current software worked fine, 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, report temperatures in non-integers, as well as an online dashboard option. Users have also highlighted problems uploading data to weather sites and a poor layout with wasted space.Read full article Comments