IoT gadget maker AcuRite shares reasoning for killing customers’ favorite app

Acu Rite must kill its customers’ favorite companion app due to “obsolete technology," VP of product development Jeff Bovee tells Ars Technica. Acu Rite, which makes smart weather-monitoring devices, announced this month that the My Acu Rite i OS and Android app that has been around since 2016 won’t be available after May 30. After that date, device owners must use Acu Rite NOW, which Acu Rite released in June 2025, to control their gadgets. The announcement has frustrated long-time Acu Rite users, largely because the new app lacks some of its predecessors' capabilities. For example, AcuRite NOW doesn’t allow renaming multiple temperature sensors, organizing on-screen sensors, or reporting temperatures as anything other than whole numbers (AcuRite says it's working on adding some of these features).Read full article Comments