{"id":225032,"date":"2025-10-14T22:21:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T22:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/225032\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T22:21:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T22:21:08","slug":"apple-invites-update-brings-new-festive-backgrounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/225032\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Invites update brings new \u2018festive\u2019 backgrounds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/apple-invites-app_eeb53b.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"Apple Invites app\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Following last month\u2019s 1.5 update, which introduced new features and the Liquid Glass design, <a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/3ED1Fsc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Invites<\/a> was updated today with new \u201cfestive event backgrounds.\u201d Here\u2019s what\u2019s new.<\/p>\n<p>Apple Invites adds festive event backgrounds<\/p>\n<p>Apple Invites was <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2025\/02\/04\/apples-new-invites-app-showcase-iphone-ecosystem\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">launched<\/a> in February as a competitor to popular platforms, such as Partiful. Since then, it has added interesting and welcome features, such as Home Screen widgets, support for <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2025\/08\/26\/apple-invites-widget\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">adding links<\/a> to invitations, <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2025\/09\/23\/apple-invites-just-got-two-new-features-and-liquid-glass-design\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">calendar sync<\/a>, and video playback for shared albums.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Apple rolled out an update just in time for users who may already be planning end-of-year get-togethers. Here\u2019s what\u2019s new, according to the release notes:<\/p>\n<p>New festive event backgrounds help set the vibe for your end-of-year gatherings.<\/p>\n<p>This update contains bug fixes and performance improvements.<\/p>\n<p>Apple Invites requires an iCloud+ subscription to send invites. 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