iPadOS 15 is a huge step forward for the iPad. The best features of iOS 14, like the home screen widgets and the app library, are coming to iPads. That means you can place the weather widget right on your home screen just like on iPhone. The widgets are updated with new information, such as the temperature and the forecast, and touching a widget launches the application as if touching an icon …
Apple’s Weather app has a completely new design in iOS 15 that organizes data points such as humidity and UV index into blocks. It’s really cool on the iPhone to present a lot of information without being overwhelming.
For whatever reason, Apple’s Weather app on iPadOS 15 doesn’t have the exact same layout. The information is still organized in blocks, but strangely many of the blocks are not about weather conditions.
The top of the Weather app for iPad includes a giant banner for a subscription version with more features and fewer ads. I missed the announcement about a paid version of the Weather app, but Apple is really into the services these days so it’s not a surprise.
The Weird Weather + ad aside, the Weather app for iPad is just as useful as the new Weather app for iPhone. In fact, it’s even better in some ways.
The Weather app for iPad includes all the great data points like humidity, visibility and UV index, just like on the iPhone. There is even an interesting section to tell you the current phase of the Moon. How cool!
Something more unique to the Weather app for iPad is a nice detail about UPS. According to the Weather app for iPad, you can save 50% on global shipments with the REACH code from now until July 19. I couldn’t find this curious but useful data point in the Weather iPhone app. Now I’m concerned that people checking the weather on their iPhone are overpaying for shipping.
The benefits of Apple’s Weather app for iPad don’t end there. It can confirm your suspicion that the yellow substance covering your car is actually pollen. I live a few minutes from the beach so it is also good to see the tide levels. That’s the power of the iPad, folks.
The Weather app for iPad also features some really cool photo galleries of weather conditions around the world. These are attached to weather-related news, something like Stocks has business-related news, but the stories in the iPad Weather app don’t use Apple News for some reason.
You can also learn about innovative ways to mow your lawn with the Weather app on iPad. On top of that, the iPhone Weather app. This section of the Weather app for iPad will also stop your device’s audio playing, presumably as part of the new Focus feature.
Weather news isn’t the only type of story you can hear on the Weather app for iPad. There’s an adorable puppy dog story, a suggestion for putting up a pop-up tent in your car, and something about turning your room into a refrigerator. Fascinating!
Some of Apple’s Weather apps for iPad aren’t very Apple-y, but this is definitely Apple’s Weather app for iPad. It starts every time you tap the Weather widget, and that’s how widgets work. It also mentions data providers and control of your data. Apple is about empowering you to own your data and preventing companies from profiting from your information.
I tried to find out more about subscribing to Apple’s Weather app for iPad, but couldn’t find any information about it on Apple’s website. Is it included in the Apple One package?
I’m not sure, but you can use promo code SUMMER to get access for $ 1 / month for 90 days before the price goes up to $ 5 / month. The fine print on the subscription erroneously mentions something about a website, but this is definitely the Weather app for iPad.
And before you try to tell me that this is not the Weather app for iPad, here it is. The Weather widget launches the Weather app on iPhone, and I’m sure the Weather widget launches the Weather app on iPad. This is how widgets work!
The Weather app for iPhone has some cool new features this year, like precipitation alerts, but Apple will probably add them to the Weather app for iPad next year. After all, this is how widgets worked, right?
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