On Tuesday, Apple invited AppleA new app for iPhones that creates “custom event invitations” for “for every occasion”. If that sounds very like popular party planning apps like partially, it is because it is only integrated by the larger iOS experience, which is probably bad news for third-party competitors.
This is not a surprise for anyone who follows the Apple rumors. As reported by Bloomberg’s Mark GurmanApple has worked on an invitation system for iOS, which is referred to internally as “confetti”. It was not clear whether these plans would manifest themselves as an independent app, or rather as options that were integrated existing apps such as calendars and iMessage. Of course we now know that it is the latter.
If you used an event planning app beforehand, Apple invitation will probably be uncomplicated. If you start an event, you have a number of customizable options: you can add a custom background to the event, similar to how IOS ‘wallpaper selection (Although Apple presses here Apple Intelligence To create the background images); Give the event a name; Set a date, time and place for your event. These are fairly standard functions for an app like this.
What Apple gives, invites an interesting spin that have the Apple-centered functions. You can create a common album for this event so that all party goers can add the pictures and videos that you have taken in a centralized place to be subject to the need for someone to coordinate a common album with all guests during or after the fact . You can also create A Shared playlist For the party when you trust your guests to add your music to your event.
When your invitation has ended, you have your choice of how you can send you. You can simply send a public link to the invitation via any channel, or you can send invitations to a specific list of guests. You can choose whether you would like to approve the RSVP of every guests or whether you would like to automatically add someone to the guest list who says that you are going and whether the invitations have approved additional guests – from plus on the way to plus fives. There is a lot of control here, but there is a catch: they have to be subscribed to iCloud+. If you Pay for an additional iCloud memoryYou are already subscribed to, but otherwise you cannot create invitations.
However, you do not need iCloud+ to RSVP. Anyone can accept or reject Apple invitation of Apple invitations – no iCloud or Apple account.
Although I am not interested in the AI-generated background, I like the overall presentation here. Built -in albums and playlists really sell it to me, and I can imagine that you will address a lot of party planning. Regardless of whether this is enough to overtake popular options such as partly, we have to wait.
You can try Apple now, now invites you From the App Store or from iCloud.com/invites.
