And as Apple does, it has added the feature quite proficiently. You can activate emergency weather notifications and precipitation reports for your area and locations you’ve listed in the Weather app. So, without further ado, let’s look into how to set emergency weather alerts on your iPhone and iPad.
What are severe weather alerts?How to turn on weather alerts for your location on iPhone or iPadEnable weather notifications for other locationsIf you’re not receiving weather notifications?
What are severe weather alerts and will I get them?
As the name suggests, the iPhone and iPad Weather app will notify you if a severe, emergency or bad weather alert is issued near you. This includes real-time notifications for precipitation, rain storms, tornados, hurricanes, flash floods, heat waves, and more. However, the feature is not available in all countries and regions. As of writing, it was available for:
The United StatesCanadaMexicoAustraliaIndiaJapanChinaBrazilThailand And most countries and regions in Europe
Remember, you can turn on these alerts for your current and favorited locations. Note: iPadOS 16 will officially be released in October, so as of now, you can enjoy this feature only on iOS 16 running iPhone.
How to turn on weather alerts for your location on iPhone or iPad
The process involves two steps, first allowing the Weather app to access your location and then turning on weather notifications from the app.
1. Enable location access
2. Enable notifications in the Weather app
Now, you’ll get live notification updates for different weather conditions supported in your region.
Enable weather notifications for other locations
To disable weather notification of your location or other locations in your weather list, repeat the above steps, toggle off, and tap Done.
If you’re not receiving weather notifications?
Apple updates the Weather app with real-time weather information from various data sources. Most of these are location-specific. So you might not get notified if the Weather app can’t access data from your region. Hence, while notifications about some weather changes are available in selected countries, they aren’t in some. If you’re in the listed areas mentioned above, ensure you’re using the latest iOS 16. Conclusion While Apple still has a long way to compete with other third-party weather forecasting apps exist; I’ll take these smaller victories for now. At least we got a weather app on iPad for the first time in 12 years. I suggest you don’t let the Weather app sit there doing nothing. Instead, enable the severe weather alerts to exercise its muscle and let Apple know that’s it on the right track. Have more queries or ideas to share? Use the comment section. Read next:
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