AcuRite delays forced migration from My AcuRite to AcuRite NOW after users complain about missing features and usability issues.
<p>Smart weather-monitoring device vendor AcuRite has delayed plans to force users onto a new companion app. The transition from My AcuRite to AcuRite NOW, which AcuRite previously set for May 30, “has raised serious questions and concerns among many long-time users,” AcuRite’s VP of product development, Jeff Bovee, told Ars Technica.</p>
<p>AcuRite, whose devices include weather stations, rain gauges, and indoor thermometers, told customers that it would <a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/05/weather-monitoring-firm-hangs-dark-cloud-over-customers-heads-by-forcing-new-app/">shut down My AcuRite</a> 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.</p>
<p>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 <a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/05/weather-monitoring-firm-hangs-dark-cloud-over-customers-heads-by-forcing-new-app/">first reported</a> 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.</p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/06/iot-gadget-firm-acurite-delays-forced-app-migration-due-to-new-apps-shortfalls/">Read full article</a></p>
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# AcuRite admits new app falls short, delays old app’s May shutdown to fix problems
Source: [https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/06/iot-gadget-firm-acurite-delays-forced-app-migration-due-to-new-apps-shortfalls/](https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/06/iot-gadget-firm-acurite-delays-forced-app-migration-due-to-new-apps-shortfalls/)
Smart weather\-monitoring device vendor AcuRite has delayed plans to force users onto a new companion app\. The transition from My AcuRite to AcuRite NOW, which AcuRite previously set for May 30, “has raised serious questions and concerns among many long\-time users,” AcuRite’s VP of product development, Jeff Bovee, told Ars Technica\.
AcuRite, whose devices include weather stations, rain gauges, and indoor thermometers, told customers that it would[shut down My AcuRite](https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/05/weather-monitoring-firm-hangs-dark-cloud-over-customers-heads-by-forcing-new-app/)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](https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/05/weather-monitoring-firm-hangs-dark-cloud-over-customers-heads-by-forcing-new-app/)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\.
Speaking with Ars this week, AcuRite’s Bovee confirmed the delayed shutdown of My AcuRite\. Before shuttering the app, AcuRite is trying to improve AcuRite NOW’s “account setup, device onboarding, station connectivity, data visibility, app usability, notifications, and the overall reliability of the connected experience,” he said\.
Bovee noted that “many customers” have pointed out AcuRite NOW’s “shortfalls compared to” My AcuRite\.
Bovee previously told Ars that the[transition from My AcuRite to AcuRite NOW was necessary\.](https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/05/iot-gadget-maker-acurite-shares-reasoning-for-killing-customers-favorite-app/)My AcuRite was “primarily a weather\-station cloud dashboard,” and AcuRite NOW is meant to “be a broader, connected\-device platform,” he said last month\. The new app supports more devices, including third\-party smart gadgets and Tuya’s[SmartLife IoT ecosystem](https://developer.tuya.com/en/docs/iot/tuya-smart-app-smart-life-app-advantages?id=K989rqa49rluq)\.
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