Apple's Invites App Gains New Link Feature for Trip Planning, Potlucks and More

[MacRumors]

Apple today updated the Invites app to introduce a new option to add a link to an invitation. Event creators can use the feature to send important details to invitees.

Apple says that links can be used for things like planning a trip, adding a gift registry, or working out who is bringing what to a potluck. Links are open ended, so any website can be added to an invite that you create.

Links are located in a new "Tiles" section in the Invites app. Tapping on "Add Tile" at the bottom of the app allows for link insertion, with users able to include the link, a link title, and a link description.

Introduced earlier this year, Invites is an event planning app designed by Apple. It supports creating custom invitations with unique background images, fonts, and relevant information like directions and weather. Today's 1.2 app update is the first feature update that Invites has received.

Invites is an iCloud+ service, and an iCloud+ subscription is needed to create an event. iCloud+ is Apple's paid iCloud storage upgrade option, with plans that start at $0.99 per month.

While an iCloud+ subscription is needed for creating an event, anyone can respond to an invitation through an RSVP feature. Invitations can be sent to iPhone users and Android users alike, with the app facilitating planning and RSVPs.

The Invites app can be downloaded from the App Store for free. [Direct Link]

Article Link: Apple's Invites App Gains New Link Feature for Trip Planning, Potlucks and More

 

[sw1tcher]

Apple today updated the Invites app to introduce a new option to add a link to an invitation. Event creators can use the feature to send important details to invitees.

Apple allowing external links? I've heard that allowing apps to put external links is dangerous.

 

[HMFIC03]

Nobody knows about this app outside of regular views of Apple rumor sites

 

[justanthonylee]

Nobody knows about this app outside of regular views of Apple rumor sites

Not true at all I had an invite from someone who has no idea about any of this or Apple News sites. They needed to make an invite, used the invite App and sent them out.

 

[Johnny907]

Oh hey, it’s that app everyone forgot about two minutes after Apple’s huge announcement for it.
Between this and Clips, Apple needs to just stop trying to make first party apps introduced separate from OS updates a thing.

 

[Oestreich Dieter]

I wonder if Apple will ever cave and remove this app from behind an icloud paywall. So dumb.

 

[klasma]

Apple allowing external links? I've heard that allowing apps to put external links is dangerous.

You’ll get a scary warning that the invitation is not vetted nor endorsed by Apple and might compromise your safety.

 

[ghostface147]

Has anyone used this or know anyone that has?

 

[Aeronauts]

What are “potlucks”?

Presumably it means something different in the US.

 

[Archmage]

What are “potlucks”?

Presumably it means something different in the US.

A potluck is a meal where everyone brings a dish to share with everyone else.

 

[Archmage]

An update to Clips to make it a viable competitor to CapCut & Edits would be swell

 

[sw1tcher]

You’ll get a scary warning that the invitation is not vetted nor endorsed by Apple and might compromise your safety.

Oh, you must be referring to this warning

 

[klasma]

Oh, you must be referring to this warning

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They should have Safari show that warning as well.

 

[Aeronauts]

A potluck is a meal where everyone brings a dish to share with everyone else.

Ok thanks. Not heard of that before. Sounds like a good idea.

 

[poematik13]

Its a great app, but nobody wants to use it. I tried to use it for a party with my friends and they all laughed, made fun of me, and continued to use Partiful lol

 

[Nickjames]

Its a great app, but nobody wants to use it. I tried to use it for a party with my friends and they all laughed, made fun of me, and continued to use Partiful lol

Hahaha same here. They made it so hard for people, forcing them to sign in and so on.

 

[It’s always something]

And still no iPad version. Even Whatsapp has an iPad version now, but Apple can’t be bothered with it on their own platform.

 

[lazyrighteye]

Has anyone used this or know anyone that has?

Because of the OP, I just cracked it open for the first time and sent myself a test invite. Super intuitive. I could see maybe using this to add a bit of fun to the next gathering.

Anyone know if it’s the same end-user experience on Android as it is on iOS?

 

[Archmage]

Ok thanks. Not heard of that before. Sounds like a good idea.

It’s a coordinated event—guests are notified ahead of time that the event is a potluck and roughly how many people are expected.

Sometimes, you are assigned a category like starter, side, salad, etc. Usually the host prepares mains. If you can’t can’t cook or are a bad cook, you might be charged with bringing disposable cutlery, prepackaged beverages, or a bag of chips (crisps).

Remember to bring the appropriate utensils to serve your own dish (but in case you forget, the host will provide!) and label your serving ware so somebody else doesn’t accidentally take it home at the end.

They are casual events, so remember to have fun!

 

[Rafagon]

Is the gift registry built into the invitation, or you have to rely on something like Amazon's gift registry?

When you send out an invite, can you invite Android users?

How do the recipients get notified of your invite?

 

[Biro]

I haven’t seen this app. But, if I do, I’ll delete it as another unnecessary distraction for me. If Apple is looking for new things to offer in order to justify another OS build, how about allowing us to delete the App Library?

 

[flexwithmarius]

It’s a great app, but nobody wants to use it. I tried to use it for a party with my friends and they all laughed, made fun of me, and continued to use Partiful lol

…while uninviting you from future parties

lol jk

 

[svish]

Good to know about the changes but I have still not used the Invites app despite having access to it. Will try out the app sometime soon.

 

[Nermal]

Sometimes, you are assigned a category like starter, side, salad, etc.

And it's just the categories that are assigned, not the foods themselves, hence the "luck" part of the name.

I just looked up the word and was surprised to find it listed as North American. I live in New Zealand - where we typically align ourselves more with British English - and the term and concept are completely familiar to me. A friend in Australia, on the other hand, didn't know what I was talking about.

 

[turbineseaplane]

Apple allowing external links? I've heard that allowing apps to put external links is dangerous.

Extremely.

Your device can get insta hacked by nefarious actors if you venture out of Tim’s financial services playpen.