Weather widget not working on ios 11

Note that, when you're in widgets, location arrow appears only for some widgets (destination, calendar,...) but not for weather widget!!! To confirm, again, the connection between weather widget issue and location service!

This afternoon I tried the widgets for The Weather Channel, Dark Sky, and AccuWeather: all worked right away, but an hour or two later each app somehow failed to load and update properly, working only when tapped, so that the main app itself opened. The updates then happened, but only for awhile.

Localization may be the issue, since all four weather apps that I have — Dark Sky, The Weather Channel, AccuWeather, and the native weather app — all have some update problems. But why the variation in problems? Why does the native widget not update sometimes for hours? And none of the weather apps have problems updating instantly in the app itself; the problem is with the widgets, as though the problem lies in transferring information to the widgets. (I can speak neither about the calendar widget, which I don’t use, nor Apple Maps, which remains sadly too inaccurate for me to use.) It’s quite puzzling.

Sorry to confirm opening the Map App doesn't appear to make any difference for me, I still have to let the Weather Widget sit a while when it's in one of it's "lazy" moments before it updates, as I said that seems to be a couple of minutes. Roughly half the time the Widget updates immediately so it's not a big issue on the odd time it doesn't, others might be having a harder time though.

m@apple wrote:

Seems there is no way to trigger the widget updates manually.

I've come to the same conclusion, tried all the "suggested" fixes (even my own!) for a while now and although they initially appear to work (on the odd occasion) they are not consistent, leaving the Notification Center open has been the only way.

drjwr wrote:

...two-factor authentication, which has failed to work twice on my iPhone and iPad...

I won't enable this in spite of all the "hard" prompts Apple now gives when updating software, I just don't have the confidence in Apple's ability to "manage" the process 100% across devices any more. This has resulted in being on the fence with respect to the purchase of new HomePod because of the use of Two-Factor and iCloud Keychains, if I don't currently have them enabled linking to HP appears not possible (although I'm still trying to find out if AirPlay will still be allowed).

The trend I've seen over the years is that the Software and Hardware Functionality are still great, it's let down by what joins it all together - Services. This is an area Google (I believe) has a definite lead and the more everything gets linked the more that aspect will have a bearing on overall reliability. In the early days your Computer was the "hub" and everything connected or went through it (so if software was good it worked well), now it's some "Server Center" and when that link fails.. well you can guess the result. It's probably why Snow Leopard was considered so reliable, in that it's reliance on services had not yet taken over.

I'm not sure how Apple control or manage their Services (or even if some are third party) but something needs to change before people start voting with their feet and going to a company that proves excellence in that area, or if they stick with Apple they simply start turning those parts of the system off (in doing so breaking other functionality in the process), neither option is good news I would say.

If the story is true that Apple will spend time fixing current "Software" I really hope it extends to "Services" as well, or could Services really be the main focus and we simply aren't getting the full story, won't be the first time😉

Yeah, I ran into a situation yesterday where the widget said 24 degrees out and it was in the fifties. Nothing would udpate it, my geolocation never changed. I’m agoraphobic, I go to appointments and that’s about it.

On a more interesting note, there seems to be some flaw in the logic of the widget. I would assume it’s just a mirror of sorts, but the other night it said the high for the day was 23 and the low was 25.

So, there’s more at play than geolocation and app data updates.

I hope they fix it. I bought Dark Sky because I heard it was more accurate, but the same issues happen there.

I’d be happy if they just added a refresh “complication” to the widget just to force it to refresh.

Genuinely glad this worked for you. Many of us tried this solution months ago, as well as every other measure, including complete wipe-clean and restore-as-new, but to no avail, as the 17 page string shows. Every solution lasted only a few hours or so. At the moment, and continuing a long pattern since iOS11 and my iPhone 8 Plus, every weather widget, TWC, Dark Sky, AccuWeather, as well as the native app, continues to have update problems for me. We all await 11.3

Yep, the funny thing is, the night before the patch I noticed that when I’m show more, the widget was showing the current time as 10pm and it was 6am the next morning.

It looks like it wasn’t refreshing at all, now it visibly refreshes each time I open the widget screen.

Mine seems to update properly, though note that if The Weather Channel's server is down, forecast information may not update.

Same for me on my SE

I updated to iOS 11.0.2 then removed the weather app, powered down the phone, rebooted and added the weather app back but the issue still remains, so don't waste you time and effort trying.

Not necessarily, this is a user to user forum.

If you want to complain directly to Apple, you may do so here.

Product Feedback - Apple

Seems that if you remove your sim from sim tray, it will update the widget...

Has anyone maybe tried to wipe clean the iPhone and see if it works on a fresh one without installing any extra apps?