Overview
- Apple released an update to its free iPhone Invites app that adds two host-facing features: the ability to add polls to invitations and a decorative emoji effect that floats across invite screens.
- Polls let hosts collect guest votes on event details such as themes or food so hosts can settle logistics without separate messages.
- Creating events in Apple Invites still requires an iCloud+ subscription at the 50GB tier priced at $0.99 per month while anyone who receives an invite link can RSVP for free.
- Prior updates have focused on host management and interface options, including manual guest addition, RSVP status marking, and support for an extra-large Home Screen widget.
- The change continues Apple’s steady, incremental strategy of improving built-in apps to boost user engagement and create more reasons for people to subscribe to iCloud+.