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Saturday 01 February 2020, 06:00
Cyrus Saihan
Digital Partnerships
Cyrus Saihan explains how haptic technology is being used to help the audience actually feel weather conditions
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Wednesday 07 February 2018, 09:26
Michael Burnett
Executive Product Manager
Executive Product Manager Michael Burnett gives a further update on the latest changes to the Weather service.
Monday 22 January 2018, 11:00
Michael Burnett explains some changes to the BBC Weather app and website.
Tuesday 03 November 2015, 19:01
Every day we receive bundles of emails, messages and photos about the weather. We try our best to show off s’ photos on the regular website and TV and radio broadcasts, but it’s been great to create a space to make the most of all our s’ content and contributions.
Friday 17 October 2014, 13:22
It's a still work-in-progress, but is the next step in our plans to move to a fully responsive web solution on mobile, tablet and desktop.
Friday 21 March 2014, 14:29
One issue coming through loud and clear is that many s on more basic phones are missing the old vertical five-day overview. We're addressing this now and will be reintroducing the overview in the next few weeks.
Thursday 30 January 2014, 10:33
I am well aware there have been some very difficult weather conditions up and down the UK since early December. So it’s humbling to know that so many s have turned to the BBC app for their weather information.
Tuesday 19 November 2013, 09:00
Mala Vadhia
Senior Designer
We currently 438 different screen resolutions on over 1000 Android devices. The key challenge here was to produce a design that scales, rather than bespoke solutions for both iPhone and iPad.
Tuesday 12 November 2013, 09:51
James Metcalfe
Head of Product, BBC+
The biggest change is we’ve introduced the ability to rotate your tablet device to view the app in landscape. This is especially challenging for the multitude of Android Devices...
Wednesday 26 June 2013, 08:01
Recently I wrote about the launch of the BBC Weather apps for Android and iOS (LINK TO POST) and I’m delighted to announce the app has reached over one million s across both platforms within the first two weeks of launch. It’s great to see such a positive response to the app and to reac...
