By: Nick Gambino
Apple just launched the official Apple Invites app to help iPhone users plan parties and other get-togethers. With the advent of Apple Intelligence, it’s the perfect time to release the AI-powered app.
“With Apple Invites, an event comes to life from the moment the invitation is created, and users can share lasting memories even after they get together,” Brent Chiu-Watson, the Senior Director of Worldwide Product Marketing for Apps and iCloud at Apple said in a statement. “Apple Invites brings together capabilities our users already know and love across iPhone, iCloud, and Apple Music, making it easy to play special events.”
Apple Invites allows users to create any invitation they want no matter how casual or formal, and then send them out to their contacts and manage incoming RSVPs or declines. Sure, there are a thousand apps that allow you to do that, but what makes Invites especially appealing is that it works in tandem with other apps on your iPhone.
For example, instead of texting boring details in the group chat you can plug those same details into Apple Invites and then fancy it up with some flair. You can add music and/or choose a photo from your phone (maybe one of your group of friends) or select an AI-generated picture from Image Playground.
The digital invite includes data from other apps like Weather and Maps. It even integrates right into your Calendar app. That way all the information you’ll need to make a decision on whether or not you’ll attend is right there in the invitation. It’s completely self contained.
Now, clearly it’s intended for those working with Apple products but others aren’t completely excluded. You can still share the link to an Apple Invite with Android users, but they just won’t have the same ease of functionality. They’ll be able to see the basic details, but all the fun bells and whistles in the invitation like photos and music are exclusive to iPhone and other Apple device users.
In order to start creating invitations in Apple Invites you’ll need an iCloud Plus subscription. There’s no charge for receiving an invitation, obviously.
