Abstract
- Apple could also be growing a brand new “Apple Invitations” event-planning app.
- The app may very well be an alternative choice to the Calendar app.
- Third-party apps like Partiful already excel in occasion planning.
Apple appears to have taken discover of widespread event-planning apps like Partiful and may very well be working by itself first-party occasions app.
Based on 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 may very well be built-in with iCloud and have a web-based model that individuals can entry on iCloud.com.
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A brand new different 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 method to create a devoted web page in your occasion that shares data in a extra visually interesting means. The app may very well be useful for holding monitor of RSVPs and be used for a lot of kinds of gatherings, akin to weddings, birthday events, anniversaries and extra.
Third-party apps that do that exist already, like Partiful, which is out there on Android and iOS. The app permits you to create a web page in your occasion, and you should use it to handle every thing multi functional spot slightly than awkwardly making an attempt to convey a bunch of particulars by a bunch chat or e mail. The app gained 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 may 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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