 Hey guys, it's Ashley Carman here with The Verge. We're in rainy New York City right now. Wish I had a poncho, but instead I have the Poncho Weather app. So you might know Poncho because they are a text and email alert system that sort of every morning gives you a forecast for your day. And it's funny, they give you gifts and they give you really funny little descriptions about the weather. So the big thing with this app is it's a weather alarm clock. And really what that means is if you set your alarm, instead of waking up to incessant beeping or whatever the current horrible noise you wake up to, instead you're going to get music that changes depending on the weather. The music is custom made for Poncho. They hired a couple composers and they have six different tracks. So one might be for raining like today or sunny or hot or whatever and it always just changes. Other stuff that comes with the app is you get your forecast just like they've been doing with the text and emails. They're also going to tell you the pollen levels. So if you have really bad allergies, they'll tell you if it's low, medium or high that day. As well as public transit information. So if you live in a big transit city like New York or Boston or Chicago or D.C., they'll tell you if your train is running that day and what you can expect. So another cool feature and one of my favorites because I have massive marshmallow hair is the bad hair day feature. What they basically do is they look at the humidity level and tell you if that day your hair is going to look really good or really bad and whether you should be maybe considering using some extra hairspray. The app is out today and they're also working on one for the Apple Watch as well as an app for Android which they hope to have out soon. Ultimately, Poncho wants to own the weather for Millennium and Gen Z people all over the world. So they're really hoping this app catches on.
 Hey guys, it's Ashley Carman here with The Verge.
 We're in rainy New York City right now.
 Wish I had a poncho, but instead I have the Poncho Weather app.
 So you might know Poncho because they are a text and email alert system that sort of
 every morning gives you a forecast for your day.
 And it's funny, they give you gifts and they give you really funny little descriptions
 about the weather.
 So the big thing with this app is it's a weather alarm clock.
 And really what that means is if you set your alarm, instead of waking up to incessant beeping
 or whatever the current horrible noise you wake up to, instead you're going to get music
 that changes depending on the weather.
 The music is custom made for Poncho.
 They hired a couple composers and they have six different tracks.
 So one might be for raining like today or sunny or hot or whatever and it always just
 changes.
 Other stuff that comes with the app is you get your forecast just like they've been doing
 with the text and emails.
 They're also going to tell you the pollen levels.
 So if you have really bad allergies, they'll tell you if it's low, medium or high that
 day.
 As well as public transit information.
 So if you live in a big transit city like New York or Boston or Chicago or D.C., they'll
 tell you if your train is running that day and what you can expect.
 So another cool feature and one of my favorites because I have massive marshmallow hair is
 the bad hair day feature.
 What they basically do is they look at the humidity level and tell you if that day your
 hair is going to look really good or really bad and whether you should be maybe considering
 using some extra hairspray.
 The app is out today and they're also working on one for the Apple Watch as well as an app
 for Android which they hope to have out soon.
 Ultimately, Poncho wants to own the weather for Millennium and Gen Z people all over the
 world.
 So they're really hoping this app catches on.