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High level roadmap updates for each weather app flavour - The Original and TXTWeather. See below for the timelines.

TXT weather
v1.45Shipped - 2026-03-01
  • 3 part daily forecast model, morning, middle of day, late afternoon and evening.
  • Condition logic improved so early fog does not define the whole day.
  • More natural summaries with varied sentence structures.
  • Weekend and week ahead overviews now align to dominant daytime conditions.
  • Spoken reports reflect the new daily structure.
v1.4Shipped
  • Weekend tab with overall summary plus Saturday and Sunday breakdowns.
  • Better Day logic for quick weekend comparison.
  • Weekly grid with selectable daily detail.
  • Expanded randomised sentence generation.
v1.3Shipped
  • Tomorrow tab with daily summary, wear and idea suggestions.
  • Refined Now and Next 12 hours logic.
  • Improved snark and time based greetings.
  • Speech playback with start and stop control.
v1.2Shipped
  • Week Ahead view with interactive day selection.
  • Dynamic wear and activity recommendations.
  • Cleaner condition mapping and human readable phrasing.
v1.1Shipped
  • Location search with geocoding and saved preferences.
  • UV, wind and rain indicators with severity styling.
  • Improved hourly handling and temperature trend descriptions.
v1.0Shipped
  • Core Today view with current conditions and next 12 hour outlook.
  • Open Meteo powered forecast data.
  • Basic condition mapping and summary generation.
The Original
v1.8Shipped - 2025-08-27
  • Refined wear grids with true 6 wide weekend layout.
  • Hero temperature and rain chart background overlay.
  • Added About screen with project and privacy details.
  • Improved mobile layout collapse across wear and forecast grids.
v1.7Shipped
  • Structured What to Wear into Now, Later, Tomorrow and Weekend blocks.
  • Compact wear cards with layered chips and risk indicators.
  • Responsive hourly Today and Tomorrow grid.
  • Visual polish across cards and spacing.
v1.6Shipped
  • 7 day forecast with featured today card and grid layout.
  • Nerd mode panel with key weather diagnostics.
  • Weather alert banner styling.
  • General UI refinements and consistency updates.
v1.5Shipped
  • Unit toggle between Celsius and Fahrenheit.
  • Light and dark theme toggle.
  • Manual refresh control with animation.
  • Improved search and browser location handling.
v1.4Shipped
  • Today and Tomorrow hourly breakdown view.
  • Current conditions hero layout with large temperature display.
  • Icon system and simplified summaries.
  • Responsive grid foundations for forecast cards.
v1.3Shipped
  • Initial What to Wear logic based on temperature, wind and rain.
  • Chip based clothing recommendations.
  • Basic sass line tied to conditions.
  • Layout refinements for multi screen navigation.
v1.2Shipped
  • 7 day forecast integration using Open Meteo.
  • Daily high and low summaries.
  • Improved condition mapping logic.
  • Performance tweaks for faster load times.
v1.1Shipped
  • Search based location lookup.
  • Optional browser geolocation support.
  • Core weather fetch and render engine.
  • Basic navigation tabs between screens.
v1.0Shipped
  • Initial release with current conditions view.
  • Temperature, summary and feels like display.
  • Open Meteo data integration.
  • Responsive layout and base styling system.
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