New updates are being added at the bottom of this story…….
Original story (published on March 24, 2021) follows:
We understand service outages or breakage are pretty common. But when an outage ends up concerning a massive user base, it becomes worth highlighting.
Something similar is happening with the BBC Weather app at the time of writing this. In the past few hours, there has been a proliferation of reports saying that the BBC Weather app is down and not working.
Take a look at what some of the complainants have to say:
As you can see from the reports above, many users aren’t able to check the weather on the BBC app as the app throws a message that the forecast is not available.
Fortunately, there’s nothing to worry about since the BBC Weather team has officially acknowledged the issue on Twitter.
Now that BBC Weather has officially confirmed that they are working on fixing the app, it shouldn’t be long before you are able to view the weather forecast on the BBC Weather app as usual.
It’s worth pointing out that the app was last updated in October 2020 according to details on the Google Play Store.
That said, we’re keeping a close watch on the service provider’s social media channels for more information regarding the problem.
We’ll share with you the relevant developments as and when we bump into any. So keep tabs on this space for the latest info on the matter.
Update 1 (March 24, 2021)
06:23 pm (IST): A few users have taken to Twitter to confirm that the application has started working as usual on their devices. The fix has been made on the server-end hence you won’t have to update the app.
BBC Weather has not yet shared any official updates on the matter except for confirming the issue as we mentioned above.
Update 2 (March 25, 2021)
11:23 am (IST): As it turns out, the BBC Weather app still isn’t working for some users even after updating the WebView and Chrome apps which has been the cause for app crashes these past couple of days.
Although, some say that the app began working as usual after updating the Google Chrome and Android System WebView apps, and thus we’d suggest installing the latest updates for the two apps regardless.
Nevertheless, if you are looking out for alternatives to the BBC Weather app, then we’ve got you covered. Here are some free Weather apps for Android:
Update 3 (March 26, 2021)
11:25 am (IST): BBC Weather has once again confirmed that the app and the website are still not working properly. The team is, however, working hard to fix it.
Update 4 (October 11, 2022)
16:00 pm (IST): Some users (1,2,3,4) have recently been facing an issue where forecast data is missing for some locations on the BBC Weather app and website. Fortunately, the team has already acknowledged the problem.
Update 5 (October 12, 2022)
09:20 am (IST): It seems that the issue with forecast data missing on the BBC weather app has now been resolved.
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