[SYS] PATCH 7.6.8 // SKY_BROADCAST.INIT [LOG] RAD TV is here. Your weather, as a channel. - Sorry for the quick hotfix! A bug snuck into 7.6.7 that stopped background weather effects from animating. This gets everything moving again. - [NEW] RAD TV debuts on Mac and Apple TV (in testing) — turn your Mac or Apple TV into a live weather channel with an on-screen alerts reader, ambient weather on every scene, a pixel analog clock, and all-day appliance mode (screen takeover + sleep dimming) - Added three new premium themes: Nebula (dark), Helios (light), and Equinox (teal/orange) - [NEW] Sky Details card — stargazing at a glance with cloud layers, air transparency, moon details, and seeing conditions - RAD Cortex 6.9 — rain means rain, not a nearby maybe - Smarter RAD Briefing — cleaner rain and temperature nuance, fewer overclaims - Fixed tides for coastal spots that wrongly showed "no tidal data" - Fixed Widget "Match System" day/night themes so they render correctly - Fixed Apple Watch "System" temperature units — no more °F on a Celsius Watch - Dynamic Island severe weather countdown now reads in hours and minutes, not one giant minute count - Fixed the RAD Cloud toggle so it stays on after deleting and reinstalling the app - Holiday pixel scenes are now local — no U.S. flag on the 4th if you're in London - Fixed the Precip Depth per-hour readout, plus Precipitation Card polish - Improved Moisture and UV Card UI - Improved Moon Card accuracy - [MAC] Big performance pass — weather scenes stay smooth and lighter on the CPU - Apple TV subscribe and restore polish - Minor backend cleanup, UI polish, and stability improvements
[SYS] PATCH 7.6.7 // SKY_BROADCAST.INIT [LOG] RAD TV is here. Your weather, as a channel. - [NEW] RAD TV debuts on Mac and Apple TV (in testing) — turn your Mac or Apple TV into a live weather channel with an on-screen alerts reader, ambient weather on every scene, a pixel analog clock, and all-day appliance mode (screen takeover + sleep dimming) - Added three new premium themes: Nebula (dark), Helios (light), and Equinox (teal/orange) - [NEW] Sky Details card — stargazing at a glance with cloud layers, air transparency, moon details, and seeing conditions - RAD Cortex 6.9 — rain means rain, not a nearby maybe - Smarter RAD Briefing — cleaner rain and temperature nuance, fewer overclaims - Fixed tides for coastal spots that wrongly showed “no tidal data” - Fixed Widget “Match System” day/night themes so they render correctly - Fixed Apple Watch “System” temperature units — no more °F on a Celsius Watch - Dynamic Island severe weather countdown now reads in hours and minutes, not one giant minute count - Fixed the RAD Cloud toggle so it stays on after deleting and reinstalling the app - Holiday pixel scenes are now local — no U.S. flag on the 4th if you’re in London - Fixed the Precip Depth per-hour readout, plus Precipitation Card polish - Improved Moisture and UV Card UI - Improved Moon Card accuracy - [MAC] Big performance pass — weather scenes stay smooth and lighter on the CPU - Apple TV subscribe and restore polish - Minor backend cleanup, UI polish, and stability improvements
[SYS] PATCH 7.6.6 // ALERT STABILIZER [LOG] Alert fixes, smarter international warnings, smoother effects, and localization polish RAD Weather 7.6.6 is focused on cleaning up weather alerts, improving international warning language, smoothing out weather effects, and polishing German/Spanish localization. * Fixed an NWS/weather alert bug that could spam repeat alerts, especially noticeable during active heat events. Sorry to everyone who got caught in that loop * Improved Live Activities formatting to reduce truncated text, cut-off alert lines, and awkward wrapping * Improved international alert handling so heat and cold warnings read more accurately worldwide across YR, JMA, and MeteoAlarm-supported regions * Improved Convective Risk Card wording when storm risk exists but rain chances are low * RAD Atlas: the top bar now matches your selected theme * Improved weather-effect animations with smoother, higher-FPS playback * Added another German and Spanish localization pass * Minor backend cleanup, UI polish, and stability improvements
[SYS] PATCH 7.6.5 // ARCTIC SIGNAL [LOG] Sharper rain odds, a new theme, alert fixes, and sync cleanup RAD Weather 7.6.5 is focused on sharper rain forecasting, a new calm/cool theme, cleaner alerts, and better syncing across iCloud and RAD Cloud. * Cortex 6.8: Sharper rain odds across the app, plus support for Norway’s hometown weather model * New Theme: Arctic Terminal, a cool, calm, precise theme * UI and theme improvements across the app * Fixed an NWS/NOAA weather alert bug * Improved German and Spanish translations * Fixed weather alert notification bugs where some alerts could continue behaving like they were enabled after being turned off * Improved backend iCloud and RAD Cloud syncing * Improved the Conditions Card when toggling UV data * Minor backend cleanup, UI polish, and stability improvements
[SYS] PATCH 7.6.4 // SIGNAL CLEANUP [LOG] Smaller app, bigger Watch update, cleaner alerts, and polish 7.6.4 is focused on making the app lighter, faster, cleaner, and more reliable across iPhone, Mac, and Apple Watch. * Reduced app size and overall footprint by almost 40% * Added new RAD Watch complications for all sizes * Added more RAD Watch customization, alerts, and features * Improved German and Spanish translations * Fixed several NWS and international warning/alert issues * Improved DWD data handling for Germany and supported European regions * Updated Confidence Card language and behavior for supported international regions * Improved Atmosphere, Horizon, and Newsroom themes with better card contrast and cleaner borders * Fixed issues where some settings were not preserving correctly after updates, including briefing and live notification settings * Updated RAD Cards and adjusted unlock thresholds * Improved auto-locate behavior when opening the app * Minor backend cleanup, UI polish, and stability improvements
[SYS] PATCH 7.6.3 // SIGNAL EXPANSION [LOG] Language support, new RAD Cards, and Cortex tuning RAD Weather 7.6.3 is focused on early language support, new collectible RAD Cards, and more honest forecast wording when the weather is uncertain. * Added early support for German and Spanish language options * German and Spanish support is still being tested, with more language improvements coming in future updates * Added 5 new R.A.D. Cards * Cortex 6.6: Added a new “Storm Risk” middle ground so possible-but-not-here storms read more honestly instead of swinging between “thunderstorm” and “calm” * Cortex 6.7: Improved agreement between the Daily Forecast and hourly forecast data. Less bickering, more consistency * Minor backend cleanup, wording polish, and stability improvements
[SYS] PATCH 7.6.2 // [LOG] RAD Cloud, global alerts, and performance cleanup RAD Weather 7.6.2 is focused on expanding RAD beyond the U.S., improving performance, and the rollout of R.A.D. Cloud. * R.A.D. Cloud is now live at www.radweather.cloud - check it out online and in SETTINGS * Going global: added new support layers for international weather alerts * Added support for Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) weather alerts in Germany * Added support for JMA/Tokyo weather alerts in Japan * Improved backend CPU usage on Mac and iOS * Improved RAD Briefing language for clearer, more natural summaries * Improved Confidence Card language so forecast certainty is easier to understand * Minor backend cleanup, UI polish, and stability improvements
[SYS] PATCH 7.6.1 // [LOG] UV details, widget matching, and polish RAD Weather 7.6.1 is a smaller patch focused on better detail cards, cleaner widget behavior, and a few accuracy/UI fixes. - Added a new UV Detail Card with its own deeper, stand-alone card page - Improved the main UV Card with clearer info and better expanded details - Fixed accuracy issues with the Moon Phases Card - Added a Widget Match System toggle, mirroring the theme selector behavior - Ran an audit check on R.A.D. Cortex 6.5 - Fixed UI issues affecting smaller-screen devices - Minor backend cleanup, UI polish, and stability improvements
[SYS] PATCH 7.6.0 // [LOG] Stability, sync, and notification cleanup RAD Weather 7.6.0 is a smaller patch focused on reliability, cleaner notifications, and a few important fixes after the bigger 7.5.9 release. - Fixed an Apple Watch location sync issue where the watch could occasionally fall out of sync with the phone - Improved RAD Briefing notification accuracy and delivery behavior - Improved the PRECIP widget with cleaner formatting and better refresh behavior - Improved convective notifications to reduce spam and make alerts feel more useful - Added backend improvements for ATLAS - Added UI tweaks and polish across ATLAS - General backend cleanup, small fixes, and stability improvements
[SYS] PATCH 7.5.9 // CORTEX_NAMED.INIT [LOG] The Weather Brain has a name now, Meet R.A.D. Cortex. - Weather Brain is now R.A.D. Cortex, the biggest backend update to date - more details @ radweather.app/cortex - NEW 5/10 day DAILY view with toggle at top - Big Improvements to how widgets, watch complications pull data & update - Updates to RAD Briefing, UI tweaks/share button - NEW theme selector UI. Cleaner, more descriptive & just more RAD - Weather Quips improvement, fixed some bugs & verbiage - Updated pollen + confidence card to be more accurate - Improvements to convective risk card - Updated notifications & Live Activities. They have their own confidence level (possible, probably, likely, etc..) & more customizable - Updated Notifications settings UI showing level of allowed access - Confidence card updated and free for all users. Not just ULTRA - Updates to terminal light theme - Improvements to RAD Drive, added a pull dow to refresh
[SYS] PATCH 7.5.8 // BIG_SCREEN_RADNESS.INIT [LOG] iPad and Mac stopped pretending to be giant phones. - Added iPad 2.0 & Mac 2.0 with a new landscape 2-column layout and compact icon sidebar. - Added a setting to switch back to one-column layout, even though the new one is absolutely better. - Improved iPad + Mac popup windows, text readability, scrolling, and performance. - Added Terminal Light, a new free light mode theme and brighter twin of default Terminal. - Optimized iCloud backup, data storage, and cleanup behavior. - Added new pull-to-refresh animations and dad-joke-powered refresh language. - Improved Apple Watch, widgets, and complications for a more uniform experience. - Improved backend stat tracking. - Added general polish and small fixes.
[SYS] PATCH 7.5.7 // PIXEL_PEOPLE_BOTHERED.INIT (with fixes) [LOG] please stop tapping the tiny weather citizens. or don’t. - Fixed issue with theme switching and stat tracking, apologies if you lost tracking. - Added “Pixel People Bothered” tracking in stats & achievements (who can bother them the most? What happens when you tap them so many times? (Check icons) - New “show location in header” toggle in appearance - Updated precipitation widget - Updated Weather Brain brutality - Updated precipitation summary logic - Updated Atlas map cards loading - Improved RAD Intelligence Card for accuracy - Surprise Pixel “Characters” how often will you see them, who knows, what happens when you tap them?
[SYS] PATCH 7.5.6 // PIXEL_PEOPLE_BOTHERED.INIT [LOG] please stop tapping the tiny weather citizens. or don’t. - Added “Pixel People Bothered” tracking in stats & achievements (who can bother them the most? What happens when you tap them so many times? (Check icons) - New “show location in header” toggle in appearance - Updated precipitation widget - Updated Weather Brain brutality - Updated precipitation summary logic - Updated Atlas map cards loading - Improved RAD Intelligence Card for accuracy - Surprise Pixel “Characters” how often will you see them, who knows, what happens when you tap them?
[SYS] PATCH 7.5.5 // RAD_ON_THE_8S.INIT (again) [LOG] smooth jazz weather mode has entered the chat - New rad on the 8s themes, icon and widgets theme - Try tapping on our little pixel people on the daily page - New External Sources card, users can manually enter own API weather data - Updated Precipitation card to be more logical - Updated Moon icons in hourly sheet, shows correct icon at correct times - Fixed RAD Drive displaying wrong units at times - Fixed Tides bug not allowing a lot of EU, Asian and other parts of the world to not load Tide data, should be resolved. - Take a visit to RAD Lab, make sure you have headphones on - Updated Apple Watch accuracy and complications - Updated some UI scrolling issues, performance tweaks
[SYS] PATCH 7.5.4 // RAD_ON_THE_8S.INIT [LOG] smooth jazz weather mode has entered the chat - New rad on the 8s theme and icon - Try tapping on our little pixel people on the daily page - New External Sources card, users can manually enter own API weather data - Updated Precipitation card to be more logical - Updated Moon icons in hourly sheet, shows correct icon at correct times - Fixed RAD Drive displaying wrong units at times - Fixed Tides bug not allowing a lot of EU, Asian and other parts of the world to not load Tide data, should be resolved. - Take a visit to RAD Lab, make sure you have headphones on - Updated some UI scrolling issues, performance tweaks
[SYS] PATCH 7.5.3 // WEATHER_BRAIN_TRANSPARENCY.INIT [LOG] fewer weird bugs, more knobs to turn - [ALL] Storage optimization and clear app cache/memory options, added // settings->general->storage - [ALL] Added new premium locations from requested users - [ALL] Added a dew point threshold notification in notification settings - [ALL] Fixed weather icons in hourly and through app not showing moon, at times was showing clear sun at night time - [ALL] Added other weather models to confidence card for more transparency of weather brain factors - [ALL] Fixed some bugs with cards not loading on first load, users having to refresh current location to pull data. - [IOS] Added gyro setting toggle for RAD Drive - [IOS] Added RAD Drive top menu card customization - [IOS] Improved watch complication refresh time
[SYS] PATCH 7.5.2 // FIXES_GALORE.INIT [LOG] making the good stuff even more good. - Improved RAD Briefing morning quips. The weather now judges you earlier. - Fixed RAD Drive / Overdrive cards not always unlocking at 100 miles. They were lost. We found them. - Added Atlas settings, including default Map / Globe view and Atlas UI customization. - Made pull-to-refresh more fun with time and temperature-sensitive quips and animations while weather loads. Community idea from [NAME]. Can be disabled in Settings because free will matters. - Fixed Stats not respecting your system temperature setting. Celsius users, welcome back. - Improved Atlas map tapping. Temps now appear on all location cards, saved or not. - Improved Apple Watch complication and widget updates. - Updated sunrise and sunset visuals on the expanded weather card. [COMMUNITY] Check out r/RADWeather and visit www.radweather.app for features, updates, community stuff, and whatever else we accidentally make next.
[SYS] PATCH 7.5.1 // we course corrected [LOG] WHOSE DRIVING THIS BUS PROFILES: GONE. Yep. That happened. We rolled out a new settings UI and somehow turned profiles into... too much. People liked the direction, but we pushed it too far. So we pulled it back. Here’s what’s new: - all-new Settings UI - new Stats & Achievements page - unlocks now live here - more useful metrics - cleaner layout - new card art Sometimes you have to admit when you overcooked it. Look at what the guys behind New Coke did. - Watch complications respect users system temp settings (F/C etc..) * Check out our subreddit r/RADWeather Make sure to check out www.radweather.app for more features, community section and more!
[SYS] PATCH 7.5.0 // just get good [LOG] profiles, pictures, places, oh my. - USER PROFILES 1.0 - In effect in settings, custom user icons, callsigns and minimal stat tracking (no data is tracked or sent to devs, all on your own Apple ID privately) Unlock custom avatar cards, purely visual, purely fun. - [NEW CARD + DATA Source] Added a new “Convective Risk” card to show severe lightning, weather alerts using a combined data source of SPC / NOAA / Open Meteo. The advantage of this outside of the obvious new useful fun toy/card is it’s now being implemented into the weather brain. It now makes ALL weather levels more accurate. We now leverage this data into hourly, precip, daily etc… small visual notes in other parts. - Further Premium Locations added with unique quips to our “RAD Weather Brain” - if you’d like your location personalized further make sure to check out our subreddit. - Backend weather logic got a shot of knowledge, I fed it a bunch of floppy disks. - Have quadrupled the RAD Brain briefings, quips, context database. Always learning, always getting smarter. (Take a trip to Disney) * Check out our subreddit r/RADWeather Make sure to check out www.radweather.app for more features, community section and more!
[SYS] PATCH 7.4.9 // ACCURACY! [LOG] lets just make everything we have BETTER - Added a new TIDE api to allow the rest of the world to enjoy in the TIDE card and not just US and Canada locations. - Improved cloud analysis which in hand improves the weather brain language on cloud discovery and lines. - New PREMIUM weather line locations added (Cancun, Charlotte, Savannah, San Francisco, Miami, Kitakami, Yokohama, and others) if you want your location added check out our subreddit! We can add YOUR hometown or favorite place to the new PREMIUM personalized weather quips if possible. - Fixed weather logic wording in cards showing a static temp, dew, wind etc.. so now updates to reflect accurate weather - RAD Drive 2.0 featuring HARVEY our new driver as well as a new weather scene view. - Backend bug fixes and tweaks * Check out our subreddit r/RADWeather Make sure to check out www.radweather.app for more features, community section and more!
[SYS] PATCH 7.4.8 // dialing it in (even more) [LOG] I thought it would be fixes but got carried away - added toggle for mph, km/h for RAD Drive - new Tides card, limited locations available and working on adding more - weather brain updates * RAD Dispatch - a new visual/social card you can access by tapping the radio at the top corner. See and shuffle through our RAD Weather Brain cards and share them, tweak the RAD Personality in settings for more customization. We are adding region aware context as well as holiday and world events. * TIDES - if your location allows it, we now have a “TIDES” card in the details page. * RAD DRIVE updates and tweaks [in test drive mode, still early] * Seasonal Style - Holiday themed friends may appear on certain days (can be turned off in settings) * Check out our subreddit r/RADWeather Make sure to check out www.radweather.app for more features, community section and more!
[SYS] PATCH 7.4.7 // dialing it in [LOG] a busy week means lots of bugs to fix. * Updated a backend performance issue on all versions, causing the app to use too much GPU unnecessarily. - [community fix.] * Fixed a backend location refresh issue, improved location data pulling and caching * Fixed a Mac app issue when window sometimes wouldn't open without force closing app. - [community fix.] * Fixed wind direction arrow/compass, was pointing the opposite direction. - [community fix.] * Locations picked from search now save the name the user tapped (e.g. "Villaverde") instead of the resolved municipality name (e.g. "La Oliva"), and reverse geocoding throughout the app now prefers subLocality over locality for more specific place names. * Visual updates for UI, light mode theme cards (Air quality, RAD Drive, AQI Radar) * Update Widget refresh timer * RAD DRIVE [in test drive mode, still early] * Seasonal Style - Holiday themed friends may appear on certain days (can be turned off in settings) * Check out our subreddit r/RADWeather Make sure to check out www.radweather.app for more features, community section and more!
[SYS] PATCH 7.4.5 // COMMUNITY SERVICE [LOG] the community has spoken, time to log community service hours//with the recent influx of members this is to tackle some of the concerns, suggestions, feature ideas and many more. * Added a new "Climate Control" widget. View F & C temps for a location at same time. - [community req.] * Updated NWS/weather alerts, can now interact and tap on weather alerts in RAD Briefing. - [community req.] * Added an EXTRA-LARGE font size option. - [community req.] * New "Sun" Widget, sm + md widgets to show off the sun. - [community req.] * Forecast blending now uses lead-time-aware model weighting // regional high-resolution models are trusted more for near-term forecasts while ECMWF takes priority for extended outlooks. Improves short-range accuracy especially in the US, Europe, Canada, Japan, and Australia. * Some timing/time of day verbiage bugs patched. - [community req.] * ATLAS 2.0 beta testing. Progress towards live radar, added map layer and updated atlas UI * Updated a RAD Briefing error, not respecting 24hr time when set. * Updated outside widgets to be easier to read. - [community req.] * Updated RAD Briefing notification pop up to include more data. - [community req.] * Performance improvements * MAC, updated UI for editing and removing locations, updated menu bar icon not displaying correct weather element/time of day [community req.] * Check out our subreddit r/RADWeather Make sure to check out www.radweather.app for more features, community section and more!
[SYS] PATCH 7.4.3 // cleanup time [LOG] optimizations, glitch fixes and making some improvements to the larger screen versions. * added a new [locked header] toggle in settings/appearance. Can lock top header and settings to top on so no more scrolling back to top to cycle options/locations. * fixed issue with specific locations not pulling correct weather data [Hong Kong/tokyo] * fixed a sharing bug in R.A.D. Briefing * iOS and Mac optimizations on backend * added share to the confidence card, share those weather readouts with the world. * Check out our subreddit r/RADWeather Make sure to check out www.radweather.app for more features, community section and more!
[SYS] PATCH 7.4 // larger screen love and defense against the weather [LOG] optimizations, glitch fixes and making some improvements to the larger screen versions. *[iPad] updated some UI elements especially when in landscape mode, more native unique to larger screen changes. *NEW CARDS - Time to prepare your sinuses for the onslaught of the pollen army. We now have a pollen tracker, smoke and air quality system to help with our defenses. Check out the 3 new cards for ULTRA users located in the details section. *Check out our subreddit r/RADWeather Make sure to check out www.radweather.app for more features, community section and more!