The Met Office app has been refreshed
We’ve upgraded our weather app to make our forecasts and warnings clearer and easier to use.
Download our refreshed app on an iOS device or an Android device now - and let us know what you think.
Why have you changed the app?
Since 2016, our Met Office app has kept millions of people safe and informed about the weather. But technology moves fast, and the old infrastructure had become increasingly complex making it harder for us to keep improving the experience for everyone.
Users told us they want a more modern and less cluttered design that helps them get key weather information quickly and easily. We’ve listened and built from the ground up.
Our refreshed app uses a modern framework for faster updates and a unified design across iOS and Android. It’s the same trusted weather information in a clearer, easier-to-read format.
What are the features of the refreshed app?
With the new-look app you can:
- Download a daily or hourly widget to enable you to see the weather forecast from your phone's homescreen
- Get instant alerts to warnings for your saved location and access all other UK weather warnings via a single click
- Check the weather in your area for the next hour and up to 7 days ahead
- Save your favourite locations for quick access and notifications
- See pollen levels and types during the UK pollen season
- Explore interactive maps for cloud, rain, and temperature over the next 5 days
- View detailed information, including feels-like temperature, wind, humidity, visibility, UV level
- Watch our latest presented video forecast
Share feedback to help us continually improve.
New features we're working to introduce
These are forecast views and capabilities that we plan to add to the app:
- 14-day forecast - to support planning further ahead
- Beach forecast - tailored to coastal conditions
- Mountain forecasts - reflecting weather at altitude
- Regional forecasts - providing a broader view beyond individual locations
- Long-range forecasts - for longer-term outlooks
- Improved pollen modelling - to increase confidence and usefulness of pollen information
Improvements based on user feedback
Alongside new features, we’re improving existing parts of the app based on feedback and how people use it.
- Widgets – ongoing improvements to clarity and everyday usefulness
- Weather cards – more contextual and visual presentation to support quicker understanding and decision-making
- Locations – iterations to location journeys, including clearer comparison across multiple places
- Maps performance – improving responsiveness and interaction, including how the timeline is presented
- Richer weather detail - including hourly “feels like” temperature, hourly wind gusts and pressure charts
We’ll continue to prioritise this work as we learn more from feedback and usage, focusing on what helps people make confident and informed weather-related decisions.
How can I get the refreshed app?
You'll receive the refreshed app automatically by 14 January 2026, if you already have our app and have automatic updates enabled. Otherwise, you’ll need to manually update the app to get the new version.
We'd recommend ensuring your device automatically updates apps to receive new app features and improvements as soon as they are released.
If you don’t already have our app, the new version will be available to download from the App Store (Apple) and the Google Play Store (Android) from 14 January 2026.
How can I provide feedback?
You can give feedback directly from the app via buttons at the top and bottom of the screen. Your feedback helps shape the future development of our app.