AI everywhere… so why do apps still feel the same?
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Over the past few years, we’ve seen an explosion of AI powered apps, redesigns, and “next-generation experiences.”
And yet… weather apps somehow still feel exactly the same:
Different colors.
Slightly different layouts.
The same numbers inside slightly different rectangles.
Even with AI now being injected into everything, much of what’s being created feels like surface level variation rather than genuinely new experiences.
Which raises an interesting question:
Why hasn’t one of the most frequently checked apps on our phones actually evolved in a meaningful way?
Curious how others here think about this?
Is the weather app category “solved”?
Or is there still room for something genuinely different?
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In short I think the basic category of a weather app is solved however the weather experience isn't. It would be great to see an app with notifications - stay with me here I know we hate them but if we could have a weather app which improved how we think about weather apps, we might be on to something. Like "It's raining today, grab an umbrella if you're heading out".
Examples:
“Is 5:30pm or 7pm better for a run?”
“Should I water my lawn today?”
“Will my commute be meaningfully worse tomorrow?”
It would also be cool to know off the bat, if parts of a country have different weather patterns. For instance England is a massive country, if a weather app told me the weather is nicer in Birmingham this weekend instead of London, that would push me to explore another city that weekend.
The points on user interface and making it less bland and same-y you mentioned are valid too.