STATE COLLEGE, Pa.,
April 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/
-- AccuWeather, Inc., a global leader in weather information
and digital media, today announced its Apple Watch app is now
available – offering important, life-saving, on-the-go weather
information and alerts with Superior Accuracy™ instantly and easily
accessible to Apple Watch users worldwide.
"We are thrilled to offer users a unique weather app experience
that includes timely and valuable weather features, such as
AccuWeather MinuteCast®, minute-by-minute precipitation
forecasts over the next two hours," said Steven Smith, AccuWeather Chief Digital Officer.
"The AccuWeather glance's user-interface combines this quick,
informative weather information not found from any other source in
a sleek and immediately descriptive format. With our design and
forecasts, users can feel confident that they are prepared to make
informed and safer decisions knowing what they can expect from the
day's weather."
The app by AccuWeather is developed for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch
users, and now Apple Watch users everywhere.
AccuWeather for Apple Watch includes AccuWeather
MinuteCast®, minute-by-minute precipitation forecasts
over the next two hours hyper-localized to the user's exact street
address or GPS location. This unique and patented forecast includes
precipitation type and intensity, and start and end times for
precipitation. On Apple Watch, users will see a summary MinuteCast
statement, such as "Rain continues for 45 minutes." AccuWeather
MinuteCast is available for a growing list of international
locations including the continuous United
States, Canada,
United Kingdom, Ireland, Japan, France, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
Additional AccuWeather for Apple Watch app features include
current condition details and severe weather alerts. When there is
a severe weather alert for a user's favorite location, the user is
notified by a tap sensation from their Apple Watch and a low
audible sound. Current conditions details include location,
temperature, and high and low temperature for the day, wind speed,
times for sunrise and sunset, and RealFeel Temperature®
– AccuWeather's proprietary forecast that shows the user how the
temperature actually feels outside to a person in that exact
location.
The AccuWeather App is available on the App Store for Apple
Watch, iPhone, iPad and iPod touch at www.appstore.com.
About AccuWeather, Inc. and AccuWeather.com
Every
day over a billion people worldwide rely on AccuWeather to help
them plan their lives, protect their businesses, and get more from
their day. AccuWeather provides hourly and Minute by Minute™
forecasts with Superior Accuracy™ with customized content and
engaging video presentations available on smart phones, tablets,
free wired and mobile Internet sites, connected TVs, and Internet
appliances, as well as via radio, television, and newspapers.
Founded in 1962 by Dr. Joel N. Myers
– a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society who was
recognized as one of the top entrepreneurs in American history by
Entrepreneur Magazine's Encyclopedia of Entrepreneurs – AccuWeather
also delivers a wide range of highly-customized enterprise
solutions to media, business, government, and institutions, as well
as news, weather content, and video for more than 180,000
third-party websites. AccuWeather's CEO, Barry Lee Myers, is an award winning leader in
global weather information issues and one of the world's most
recognized advocates for cooperative relationships between
government weather agencies and the weather industry. He is a
leader in the digital weather information space.
Visit www.AccuWeather.com for additional information.
For more information contact:
Justin Roberti / 814.235.8756 /
roberti@accuweather.com
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