Apple suddenly confirms unexpected new iPhone -App is now live

Updated February 4, with details of the new Invited -App Now it has been confirmed by Apple.

Apple has just released a surprise new feature for iPhone to help you invite people to parties and other events, according to a new report, as part of a renewal of Apple’s calendar app. And it’s available now.

Tuesday 4th February Apple advertised The fact that the Apple is invited to go live: “A new app that brings people together to the special moments of life,” as it described it. This is the app predicted by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman on Sunday, February 2nd, when he rightly said it could go live within a few days. You can read all about his report below.

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Here are the details Gurman did not have. It’s a iPhone app only, it’s free to download, and it’s only available to iCloud+ subscribers. It is designed so users can create invitations. However, you do not need an iCloud+ subscription to RSVP or even an Apple device -anyone can answer.

“To get started with Apple invitations, users can choose a photo from their photo library or from the app’s gallery with backgrounds – a curated collection of images representing different occasions and vocals,” Apple says. And there are cool details. Thanks to being integrated with Apple cards and weather, “it gives guests directions to the event and the forecast for that day.”

Users can even get the most out of Apple Intelligence on compatible iPhones to create original images through photo playground.

The app is available now and is free to download to iCloud+ subscribers. This is how we first heard about the app.

“As early as this week this week, Apple plans to introduce a new iCloud-based service called ‘Confetti’ internally. As the festive coden name suggests, the service offers a new way to invite people to parties, features and meetings, ”according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman in his latest Force on newsletter.

Note that Gurman describes it as a service so it is possible that it will not be an independent app, but rather an improved part of the calendar app or iMessage, maybe.

“For years, Apple has been trying to restore its calendar app – and this new initiative may be the beginning of a broader effort. The release is tied to iOS 18.3, which has just begun to roll out last Monday, ”continues Gurman.

This clock with a report from 9TO5MAC In January, referring to something called invitations discovered in iOS 18.3 code, which “suggests that the app is invited will be integrated with iCloud and will even have a web version at iCloud.com. The new app is also integrated with a new iOS 18 -Demon called Groupkit, which manages database models for groups of people. This demon has been present since the first release of iOS 18.0 and has not been used by any Apple apps so far. “

It seems that it will work by showing a list of the people invited to the event and which have confirmed their participation. It may be that “Apple plans to integrate it with other parts of the system (such as a mini iMessage app). Presumably, the app will have a more fun interface than what the calendar app currently contains to invite someone to an event, ”continues 9to5Mac.

What is most exciting is that Apple has never dropped the slightest hint that it is working on this update, which may mean that it is not displayed. But Gurman’s belief is that it might be just days away from employee testing, which could mean that public release will follow shortly after. More details when they show up.

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