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Windows 11's built-in weather app consumes more than 1.2 gigabytes of RAM to provide weather forecasts.

TechnologySoftware DevelopmentUser ExperienceAug 10, 2026score 0.732 posts · 1 replies across 2 instances
The thread discusses the high memory usage of Windows 11's built-in weather app, which is criticized for being a memory-sucking web wrapper with ads. It compares its performance to macOS's weather app and highlights the inefficiency and user annoyance caused by the app's resource consumption.

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Windows 11's built-in weather app consumes more than 1.2 gigabytes of RAM to provide weather forecasts.
Parent: Operating SystemsEntity: Windows 11Sub-entity: Built-in Weather AppImpact: negativeDate: Aug 10, 2026Target: Windows 11's built-in weather app
The MSN Weather app, used as the native weather app for Windows 11, runs multiple Chromium subprocesses in the background, leading to excessive memory usage.
Parent: SoftwareEntity: Weather ApplicationsSub-entity: MSN WeatherImpact: negativeDate: Aug 10, 2026Target: MSN Weather
The excessive memory usage of Windows 11's weather app negatively impacts user experience by slowing down system performance.
Parent: User ExperienceEntity: Software PerformanceSub-entity: Memory UsageImpact: negativeDate: Aug 10, 2026Target: Excessive memory usage of the weather app

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Windows 11's built-in weather app hogs more than 1.2 gigabytes of RAM just to tell the forecast — memory-sucking web wrapper filled with ads masquerades as an actual application https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/windows-11s-built-in-weather-app-hogs-more-than-1-2-gigabytes-of-ram-just-to-tell-the-forecast-memory-sucking-web-wrapper-filled-with-ads-masquerades-as-an-actual-application?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Tom's Hardware @tom-s-hardware-TomsHardware
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Windows 11's built-in weather app hogs more than 1.2 gigabytes of RAM just to tell the forecast — memory-sucking web wrapper filled with ads masquerades as an actual application MSN Weather acts as the native weather app for Windows 11 and all it does it run a bunch of Chromium subprocesses in the background to retrieve the forecast data. This causes it to use 5x more memory than the macOS weather app. And, oh, you also get to enjoy ads! #hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/windows-11s-built-in-weather-app-hogs-more-than-1-2-gigabytes-of-ram-just-to-tell-the-forecast-memory-sucking-web-wrapper-filled-with-ads-masquerades-as-an-actual-application
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