Meet the surprise new Apple app: Everything to know about 'Apple Invites'
- Apple released its new app, Invites, on Tuesday.
- Apple Invites allows users with an iCloud subscription to create and share custom invitations.
- Apple Invites corresponds with Maps and Weather to help create detailed invitations. Shared Albums and Apple Music playlists can also be integrated.
Apple announced a new app on Tuesday that allows users to go beyond sharing a simple calendar invite.
Apple Invites is a new mobile app for iPhones that allows users to create and share custom invitations, RSVP, and contribute to Shared Albums and Apple Music playlists associated with the event. Portions of the app are accessible for non-Apple users, too.
Interested in learning more? Here's everything we know about the new Apple Invites app, which is available for download now.
How does Apple Invites work?
Apple Invites allows iPhone users with an iCloud+ subscription to create a customized event invite, integrating photos from their library, a collection from the app's gallery of event-themed backgrounds or artificial intelligence-generated images through Apple's Image Playground app.
Apple Invites is compatible with Apple Maps and Apple Weather, allowing invitees to access an event's address and what the weather will be like during the event. The app allows users to create a dedicated Shared Album, in which other Apple users can upload photos and videos associated with the event, and a shared Apple Music playlist to curate a collaborative event soundtrack.
Once an invite is created, the host can share it with both Apple and non-Apple users.
Is Apple Invites free?
Users who wish to create and share invites with Apple Invites must have an iCloud+ subscription. iCloud+ plans start at 99 cents per month.
Apple Invites is free to download from the Apple App Store and free to access at icloud.com/invites/. Only iCloud subscribers can create and share invites, while non-subscribers may only access shared invites and RSVP to them.
What devices are compatible?
Apple Invites is available on all iPhone models running iOS 18 or later and on desktop browsers at icloud.com/invites/.
Do you need an Apple product or account to use Apple Invites?
Non-Apple users may access and RSVP to invitations created and shared through Apple Invites, but they cannot create invitations.
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