Apple Launches Invites App

<p><strong><span class&equals;"pagebody-date">CUPERTINO &&num;8212&semi; <&sol;span><&sol;strong>Apple has introduced Apple Invites&comma; a new app for iPhone that helps users create custom invitations to gather friends and family for any occasion&period; With Apple Invites&comma; users can create and easily share invitations&comma; RSVP&comma; contribute to Shared Albums&comma; and engage with Apple Music playlists&period; Starting today&comma; users can download Apple Invites from the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;apps&period;apple&period;com&sol;app&sol;invites&sol;id6472498645" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">App Store<&sol;a>&comma; or access it on the web through <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;icloud&period;com&sol;invites&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" data-analytics-exit-link&equals;"">icloud&period;com&sol;invites<&sol;a>&period; iCloud&plus; subscribers can create invitations&comma; and anyone can RSVP&comma; regardless of whether they have an Apple Account or Apple device&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>An iCloud&plus; subscription is required to create invites&period; Subscriptions start at &dollar;0&period;99 per month for 50 GB of space up to &dollar;9&period;99 per month for 2 TB of space&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;With Apple Invites&comma; an event comes to life from the moment the invitation is created&comma; and users can share lasting memories even after they get together&comma;” said Brent Chiu-Watson&comma; Apple’s senior director of Worldwide Product Marketing for Apps and iCloud&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Apple Invites brings together capabilities our users already know and love across iPhone&comma; iCloud&comma; and Apple Music&comma; making it easy to plan special events&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>To get started with Apple Invites&comma; users can choose an image from their photo library or from the app’s gallery of backgrounds — a curated collection of images representing different occasions and event themes&period; Integrations with Maps and Weather give guests directions to the event and the forecast for that day&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Additionally&comma; participants can easily contribute photos and videos to a dedicated Shared Album within each invite to help preserve memories and relive the event&period; And collaborative playlists allow Apple Music subscribers to create a curated event soundtrack that guests can access right from Apple Invites&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With Apple Intelligence&comma; creating unique event invitations is easy&period; Users can tap in to the built-in Image Playground experience to produce original images using concepts&comma; descriptions&comma; and people from their photo library&period; And when composing invitations&comma; users can use Writing Tools to help find just the right turn of phrase to meet the moment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Hosts get full control of their invite experience&colon; They can easily view and manage their events&comma; share invitations with a link&comma; review RSVPs&comma; and choose the details they want included in the preview&comma; like the event background or a home address&period; Guests can view and respond to an invitation using the new iPhone app or on the web without needing an iCloud&plus; subscription or an Apple Account&period; Attendees control how their details show up to others&comma; and have the ability to leave or report an event at any time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;