Apple confirms Weather app outage. Heres what we know
Source: Mashable Tech
The highly popular iOS weather app is down
By Timothy Beck Werth
Tech Editor
April 28 2026
Timothy Beck Werth is the Tech Editor at Mashable, where he leads coverage and assignments for the Tech and Shopping verticals. Tim has over 15 years of experience as a journalist and editor, and he has particular experience covering and testing consumer technology, smart‑home gadgets, and men’s grooming and style products. Previously, he was the Managing Editor and then Site Director of SPY.com, a men’s product‑review and lifestyle website. As a writer for GQ, he covered everything from bull‑riding competitions to the best Legos for adults, and he’s also contributed to publications such as The Daily Beast, Gear Patrol, and The Awl.
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UPDATE – Apr. 28 2026, 4:40 p.m. EDT
As of mid‑afternoon on Tuesday, the Weather app outage has been resolved, according to Apple’s status website.
In the U.S., at least, iPhone users are experiencing problems accessing the Apple iOS Weather app Tuesday.
Checking the standard Apple Weather app may be part of the daily routine of millions of users, but the app is not loading for all of them. On X and Reddit, confused and frustrated iPhone owners are reporting issues with Weather. Some say they can’t recall the app ever going down previously.
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Multiple Mashable employees in the U.S. were unable to access the app. One of our editors was able to access it, though it took about 10 seconds to load in that case. As of this writing, the Apple online support page shows an active outage with the Weather app.
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Mashable reached out to Apple for comment, and we’ll update this story if we receive a response.
DownDetector, the platform where users can report errors with popular websites and apps, does not have a page for the Weather app. However, DownDetector does show sudden spikes in both the The Weather Channel app and Apple Support.
Internet outages have become a common occurrence over the past year, but major outages within the Apple ecosystem remain rare.
(Disclosure: DownDetector and Mashable are both owned by the same parent company, Ziff Davis.)
Timothy Beck Werth – Tech Editor
Timothy Beck Werth is the Tech Editor at Mashable, where he leads coverage and assignments for the Tech and Shopping verticals. Tim has over 15 years of experience as a journalist and editor, and he has particular experience covering and testing consumer technology, smart‑home gadgets, and men’s grooming and style products. Previously, he was the Managing Editor and then Site Director of SPY.com, a men’s product‑review and lifestyle website. As a writer for GQ, he covered everything from bull‑riding competitions to the best Legos for adults, and he’s also contributed to publications such as The Daily Beast, Gear Patrol, and The Awl.
Tim studied print journalism at the University of Southern California. He currently splits his time between Brooklyn, NY and Charleston, SC. He’s currently working on his second novel, a science‑fiction book.
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