Abstract
- Apple could also be creating a brand new “Apple Invitations” event-planning app.
- The app could possibly 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 common event-planning apps like Partiful and could possibly be working by itself first-party occasions app.
In response to 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 could possibly 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 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 might function a method to create a devoted web page on your occasion that shares info in a extra visually interesting method. The app could possibly be useful for conserving observe of RSVPs and be used for a lot of forms of gatherings, resembling weddings, birthday events, anniversaries and extra.
Third-party apps that do that exist already, like Partiful, which is obtainable on Android and iOS. The app permits you to create a web page on your occasion, and you need to use it to handle every part multi function spot relatively than awkwardly attempting to convey a bunch of particulars by way of a bunch 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) known 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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