Weather apps are the most downloaded category of apps in any app store. People seem to be obsessed with them.

Apple delivered a ton of "hidden" improvements in iOS15 that you probably won't be able to find on your own. One such improvement is the ability to receive real-time precipitation alerts through Apple's iOS weather app.

In order to enable this new functionality:

Open the weather app.
Tap the icon with three dots on the lower right corner of the screen
Click on the 3 dots in the upper right corner of the screen
Select Notification

Turn on the toggle next to the locations you want alerts for.

The free content blocker you should be using in Safari on IOS

October 1, 2021GeneralEdward Kiledjian

Apple’s Safari browser on IOS is a a solid browser but there are others that provide more privacy and tracker blocking. One of those browsers is Firefox focus.

“In IOS15, Apple added support for Safari extensions on IOS. Firefox can now be used as a standalone browser or as a plugin for Safari. ”

What does Firefox Focus in Safari do?

Privacy

It blocks known trackers such as

ads, analytics and social trackers
Other content trackers – this category includes embedded videos, photo slideshows, and news article embeds that could track you.

Speed

Because part of the website is being blocked, pages will load faster and you will consume less bandwidth (especially important when on LTE).

Unobtrusive

Once you enable it, you will forget about it, use Safari as you would normally do and will gain all of the benefit without having to do anything else.

How to enable in Safari

Step 1

Tap on Settings
Scroll to Safari
Tap Content Blockers
Tap the switch to enable Firefox Focus

Step 2

Open Firefox Focus
Click on the cogwheel to open the settings menu
Tap the switch next to Safari to enable it

Real time precipitation alerts in IOS