Apple Invites App for iPhone Updated – Here's What's New

[MacRumors]

Following the latest update of Apple's Invites app, hosts can now manually edit the guest list to update guest responses and adjust the number of additional guests.

This v1.8.0 update appears to have focused on delivering a more streamlined experience for managing and sharing events. Within Messages, a new Invites iMessage app allows users to quickly share an existing invite without needing to leave the conversation.

Elsewhere, the dashboard has been expanded with an All Events view, bringing both upcoming and past events into a single, unified interface. Sharing options have also been improved for hosts, who can now generate and download an image of their invite card.

Additionally, music integration has been enhanced through the Apple Music Shared Playlist feature, which now provides personalised playlist suggestions based on listening habits.

Finally, hosts can now specify a time zone for their event, and the update also contains bug fixes and performance improvements.

Apple Invites is available on the iPhone, and on the web at iCloud.com/invites. Guests can RSVP in the iPhone app, or on the web from any device.

Article Link: Apple Invites App for iPhone Updated – Here's What's New

 

[SilmarilFinder]

good for 3 people who uses it

 

[iToph]

never heard of invite app 😳

 

[Antilogical]

Now that Calculator is feature complete, is this the SwiftUI app they put the newly-hired interns on?

 

[Line_Noise]

They really should give this an Apple Business guise as well.

 

[DoubleU]

This has serious ‘senior execs think this is a great idea’ vibes.

 

[Canyonero]

Tried it once, everyone was confused and some people (even though iPhone users) literally couldn’t RSVP. Whoever okayed this at Apple needs to go, everyone uses partiful.

 

[tomtad]

Hopefully Turnus kills this when he comes in

 

[Reason077]

Anyone actually using this? Am I missing out on some great parties by not having it installed?

 

[MrRom92]

Apple had and missed their chance for this to become a thing. They slept on the concept, Partiful came in and actually got a hold on the market for an app of this nature. That’s what people use now, nobody has an interest in Apple invites and the fact that it’s locked to only iCloud subscribers only serves to further diminish their potential user base. It’s pretty telling when even Apple promotes their direct competitor in the App Store.

 

[shawnforever]

Anyone remember Apple iCards? That was a hell of a time in Apple history. Reminds me of this.

 

[What_Is_George]

this app needs som serious fixing. it is a great idea that I tried to use once and it was awful. I love the shared photo library, and the music integration, but getting other people to use it was terrible. unless everyone you are inviting uses an iPhone, and has the app installed, it is unusable.

 

[RedWeasel]

And again I have to ask myself, if SwiftUI, SwiftData etc. make it so easy to create apps for all the Apple platforms, why does such a simple app only exist for iOS? Why no macOS or iPadOS version?

This would be a great showcase app and Apple could even provide the source code as an example of "here's how we do it".

It was the same thing with Journal.

 

[kaycrystal626]

I forgot this App exist!

 

[spunkystrawberries]

I think there’s a good, strong use case for this from a privacy standpoint. I’d love for Apple to make it easier to use for non-Apple recipients. (Several invitees give me excuses about Apple ID issues. Not sure what the deal is there.)

Apps like Partiful are “fine.” I don’t think Apple needs to OVER invest in this. But on the receiving side, when someone sends me an invite, I have no control over what platform they’re using, or who they’re sharing MY data (and phone number) with. I’d feel a lot better knowing it was Apple instead of some random third party company. So I’m glad Apple has a small, integrated solution here.

 

[Astuces iOS]

Can you please make a mac app for the sports app and Apple Watch instead ?

 

[Cheesehead Dave]

Anyone actually using this? Am I missing out on some great parties by not having it installed?

I created my next vacation as an invite and added the widget to my home screen as a countdown timer. Otherwise I've never actually used it for its intended purpose, although I'm probably not in Apple's target marketing demographic.

 

[mhilferty108]

I use it for my kid's birthday party invites. I can make a QR code of the shareable link, put it on a matching printed invitation, and slip it in each kid's mailbox at school.

My main complaints:
- The "Sign in with iCloud" misnomer, because if you click it, it does allow you to RSVP without being an iCloud user. It's just not immediately apparent, so I have to include that on the invite.
- I cannot for the life of me get the Shared Photo Albums to work.

Missing Feature that I'm undecided is a complaint:
-Messaging back invitees. There are some/most parents I just don't want to talk to.

 

[JPJones]

I forgot this App exist!

I only remember when MR does a story about it.

 

[RedWeasel]

never heard of invite app 😳

I too don't have friends, dear MacRumors acquaintance.

 

[uacd]

Next step: Apple makes LinkedIn clone.
Because there isn’t enough digital cringe already

 

[jbc25]

If invitees are still required to have an Apple account to RSVP this will end up just like Clips or Ping. They just do not seem to understand how to make these kind of apps. It's fascinating honestly.

 

[tribeaumes]

Apple had and missed their chance for this to become a thing. They slept on the concept, Partiful came in and actually got a hold on the market for an app of this nature. That’s what people use now, nobody has an interest in Apple invites and the fact that it’s locked to only iCloud subscribers only serves to further diminish their potential user base. It’s pretty telling when even Apple promotes their direct competitor in the App Store.

Almost everyone is paying at least $1.00 for iCloud+.

 

[sentiblue]

I had a little bit of trouble understanding the headline because I mistook "Invites" as a verb, which led me believe App was an entity. Took me a while to realize there's an app called "Invites". LOL 🙂

 

[tomtad]

And again I have to ask myself, if SwiftUI, SwiftData etc. make it so easy to create apps for all the Apple platforms, why does such a simple app only exist for iOS? Why no macOS or iPadOS version?

This would be a great showcase app and Apple could even provide the source code as an example of "here's how we do it".

It was the same thing with Journal.

Always used to be a thing that Apple would always make a universal app, partly to set best practice for developers to follow.

For some reason they stopped caring about that a few years back. Look at Journal for example, if that had been released a decade ago it would be on all platforms from day one. Yet it was iPhone only for 2 years.