Apple Invites App Now Offers Home Screen Widget

Apple today updated the Apple Invites app, introducing a new widget that can be added to the Home Screen. Apple says that the widget can be used to count down to your next event.

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After updating to the latest version of the Apple Invites app, you can add the new widget to your ‌Home Screen‌ by long pressing, tapping on Edit, and then choosing the "Add Widget" option.

There are three widget sizes, including small, medium, and large. The widgets are all the same, and are designed to tell you how many days there are remaining until an upcoming event.

Tapping on a created event opens up the Invites app where you can see more information about it.

Apple introduced the Invites app back in February, and it has received a few updates since then. Invites is an event planning app that supports creating custom invitations with unique background images, fonts, and relevant information like directions and weather.

Invites is free to download, but it is an iCloud+ service, which means an ‌iCloud‌+ subscription is needed to create an event. ‌iCloud‌+ is Apple's paid ‌iCloud‌ storage upgrade option, with plans starting at $0.99 per month.

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

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Top Rated Comments

Selena Agna Avatar
21 weeks ago
The two or three people actually looking forward to this snoozefest will be excited about the countdown I'm sure.
Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Unity451 Avatar
21 weeks ago
Apple events are boring now... Pre-recorded with minimal innovation, and no surprises. It's been years since I've watched it live. I always just read the MacRumors recaps.
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
d-klumpp Avatar
21 weeks ago
I recently used the Invites app to manage a "celebration of life" memorial event. Unfortunately, it caused confusion among invitees, many thinking they needed to set up an iCloud account. So instead of working through the app, most invitees texted their RSVPs. I guess I should've used eVite instead.
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
211 Avatar
21 weeks ago
A nice feature, badly implemented and ridiculous that you need to have iCloud+
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
wikiverse Avatar
21 weeks ago
Between this graphic and the Liquid Glass, it seems Apple has hired first year graphic design students to do all of their design who have just discovered 20 year old Photoshop filters.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
MacMediaNet Avatar
21 weeks ago
"Awe Dropping" - for the fourth time today...
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