Abstract
- Apple could also be creating a brand new “Apple Invitations” event-planning app.
- The app might be a substitute for the Calendar app.
- Third-party apps like Partiful already excel in occasion planning.
Apple appears to have taken discover of in style event-planning apps like Partiful and might be working by itself first-party occasions app.
In keeping with 9to5Mac, references to Apple’s “Invitations” app have been present in iOS 18.3’s beta 2 code. The app is reportedly being designed to assist customers plan in-person and on-line occasions. The app might be built-in with iCloud and have a web-based model that folks can entry on iCloud.com.
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A brand new various to the Calendar app
Nonetheless, third-party apps already do event-planning effectively
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Whereas the Calendar app can already ship out invitations for gatherings, the Invitations app may function a solution to create a devoted web page to your occasion that shares info in a extra visually interesting manner. The app might be useful for maintaining observe of RSVPs and be used for a lot of sorts of gatherings, equivalent to weddings, birthday events, anniversaries and extra.
Third-party apps that do that exist already, like Partiful, which is on the market on Android and iOS. The app permits you to create a web page to your occasion, and you should utilize it to handle every little thing multi functional spot relatively than awkwardly attempting to convey a bunch of particulars by way of a gaggle chat or e mail. The app received Google Play’s Best App of 2024 award and was a finalist within the 2024 App Store awards.
9to5Mac reports that Apple is utilizing a brand new daemon (framework) referred to as GroupKit for the app, a database for managing teams of individuals. Nonetheless, it is unclear whether or not Invitations could have its personal standalone app or ever be launched in any respect. Apple hasn’t formally introduced something and did not point out it at WWDC 2024 when it introduced iOS 18.
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