The Met Office app has been refreshed

What's next on the roadmap of improvements? 

This week’s changes based on your latest feedback, include reducing the size of the weather animation, adding feels-like temperature to the hourly view, and making our weather maps more useable. Next week's focus is on locations, including improving the way you can save, manage and compare locations.  

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 to help 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 refreshed app's features?

With the new-look app you can:  

• Download a daily or hourly widget, so you can see the latest forecast from your home screen
• Get instant alerts of warnings in your area and access all 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  
• Explore interactive maps for cloud, rain, temperature and weather warnings  
• View detailed information, including feels-like temperature, wind, humidity, visibility, UV level 
• Watch our latest presented video forecast
• Give us your feedback to help us continually improve the app.

What are the latest changes to the app?

After we made the refreshed app live on 14 January 2026, we released an updated version on 21 January 2026. Based on your feedback, we made the following improvements:  

• Reducing the size of the weather animation at the top of the app  
• Better signposting of the Locations section of the app  
• Adding feels-like temperature to the hourly information below the animation   
• Making the weather maps more responsive and interactive with a play button. 

What else is coming?

We’ll add the following features to the app:  

• Regional forecasts - giving a broader view beyond individual locations 
• 14-day forecasts - to support planning further ahead 
• Long-range forecasts - for the outlook up to 4 weeks’ ahead   #
• Beach forecasts - tailored to coastal conditions 
• Mountain forecasts – providing weather conditions at altitude 
• Improved pollen modelling - to increase confidence and usefulness of pollen information.  

Additionally, we’re enhancing existing parts of the app:   

• Widgets – improving clarity and everyday usefulness 
• Weather cards (such as temperature) – more contextual and better visual presentation to support quicker understanding and decision-making 
• Richer weather detail - including hourly wind gusts and pressure charts.  

We’ll continue to prioritise these changes, based on your feedback and usage of the app, focusing on what helps people to make confident and informed weather-related decisions. 

How can I get the refreshed app?

You should have received the refreshed app and get updated versions automatically, if you have our app and have auto updates enabled. Otherwise, you’ll need to manually update to get the latest version.  

By allowing your device to automatically update apps, you’ll receive new features and improvements to the Met Office app as soon as we release them.  

If you don’t already have our app, our app is also available to download from the App Store (Apple) and the Google Play Store (Android). 

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.  

Download our refreshed app on an iOS device or an Android device now - and let us know what you think.

This webpage was last updated on 21 January 2026.