Darker Sky is a Functional Dark Sky Clone for Android

Aug. 17, 2020

WhenApple acquired weather app Dark Skyin April, the company announced its plans to discontinue the Android version in July. After a month’s delay, Apple discontinued the app in August. Undoubtedly, a lot of Dark Sky users on Android were not happy with Apple’s decision to deprecate the app and now, adeveloper has released a functional mod for Dark Sky on Android.

According to XDA’s report, a ‘prolific developer and reverse engineer’ developed the app. In case you’re wondering, that’snot Jane Manchun Wong. The developer is staying anonymous to avoid legal consequences.

Darker Sky is available to download from the developer’s Telegram channel. When you install the app, you might see Google Play Protect’s warning. That’s happening because the app doesn’t exist on Play Store.

If you’re a hard-core Dark Sky fan who is not satisfied with any of theDark Sky alternatives for Androidout there, you could install the app right now and use it while it lasts.

DownloadDarker Sky (Android)

Subin writes about consumer tech, software, and security. He secretly misses the headphone jack while pretending he’s better off with the wireless freedom.