{"id":552873,"date":"2026-07-21T20:21:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T20:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/552873\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T20:21:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T20:21:11","slug":"apple-invites-app-updated-with-two-new-invitation-features-for-hosts-and-guests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/552873\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Invites app updated with two new invitation features for hosts and guests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/apple-invites.webp\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apple Invites just got its second app update this summer, adding two new digital invitation features for users.<\/p>\n<p>Emoji reactions and confetti animation<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Invites is Apple\u2019s digital event planning app for iCloud+ subscribers. It\u2019s available on iPhone and iPad. The app doesn\u2019t require an iPhone or a paid iCloud account to respond to digital events created with Apple Invites.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">July\u2019s release introduces two new features around host and guest interactions:<\/p>\n<p>Hosts and guests can now react to replies with emoji, so everyone can share the excitement as the guest list comes together.<\/p>\n<p>A delightful confetti animation now plays when guests reply, making every response feel like a celebration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These two features follow <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/06\/23\/apple-invites-updated-with-three-changes-including-a-new-cohosting-feature\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">June\u2019s update<\/a> that added cohosting, public guest lists, and new backgrounds. Prior to that release, Apple Invites <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/04\/23\/apple-invites-for-iphone-adds-7-new-features-including-an-imessage-app\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">gained its first iMessage app<\/a>, putting Invites where people are already chatting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apple Invites for iPhone is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/apple-invites\/id6472498645\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">available on the App Store<\/a>. Creating a digital invitation requires iCloud+, and anyone can respond.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/9to5mac.com\" aria-label=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-dark\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1757289970_377_google-preferred-source-badge-dark.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-light\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1757289971_539_google-preferred-source-badge-light.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/about\/#affiliate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple Invites just got its second app update this summer, adding two new digital invitation features for users.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":552874,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[85,46,125],"class_list":["post-552873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=552873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/552874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}