Weather monitoring company AcuRite is forcing device owners to use a new utility on May 30, disappointing some longtime customers.
AcuRite, which sells devices such as weather stations, indoor thermometers and rain gauges, began emailing customers last month that they will soon be able to control their devices with the AcuRite Now iOS and Android apps. AcuRite first launched software in June 2025 to control its new air station, the AcuRite Optimus. However, owners of AcuRite devices were still able to use the My AcuRite app, which was launched in 2016.
But soon My AcuRite will no longer exist and AcuRite Now will become the only official app to manage AcuRite devices. website for My AcuRite the program is currently reading:
As part of our continued investment to deliver smarter, more connected solutions, the My AcuRite app will be discontinued. To provide uninterrupted access to your weather data and unlock more possibilities, all users must switch to NOW AcuRite before May 30, 2026.
According to its website, AcuRite Now “works with thousands of products” on Tuya SmartLife IoT ecosystemincluding third party fans, thermostats, light bulbs, plugs, cameras and motorized blinds.
“Looks like a bad joke”
Some AcuRite customers are upset about losing access to My AcuRite because they think AcuRite Now is inferior software.
There are those customers complained online about not being able to use AcuRite Now to rename multiple temperature sensors, difficulty uploading data to weather sites, and the app only reporting temperatures in whole numbers. AcuRite support page says that AcuRite “hopes” to add the ability to organize on-screen sensors and add multiple sensor names to AcuRite Now, as well as to the desktop version of the app “soon.”
One of the popular features of My AcuRite was the ability to share data from AcuRite devices Air Undergroundreal time weather service. AcuRite Now also supports this feature, but users must pay a subscription fee starting at $2 per month. Subscription, dubbing AcuRite Now+also includes more data storage (365 days of history instead of 30).
