Dynamic app icons

Hi All,
Perhaps this question is not in the right forum. Please redirect me if it isn't. Can anyone tell me why it is that only the calendar icon uses a dynamic function (ie the month and day change to reflect the actual date)? It would be very useful and productive for the Weather icon to use this function as well. In fact, some other apps that could benefit include: Clock, Pennies, and Currency. Perhaps this has something to do with the "limited background processing" to conserve battery power.
Any thoughts?
Randy

I think widgets on the lock screen would be cooler. But real time calender and weather icons are good too.

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