Apple May Launch New iCloud Invite Tool Codenamed 'Confetti' This Week

As early as this week, Apple plans to introduce a new iCloud-based service for event invites, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.

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In his Power On newsletter, Gurman said the new service is codenamed "Confetti" within Apple. He said the service will offer users a "new way to invite people to parties, functions, and meetings." He did not say if this functionality would be available through a new standalone app, or built into an existing app, such as Calendar.

Gurman said the new service is tied to iOS 18.3, which was released to the public last week.

Last month, 9to5Mac discovered iOS 18.3 code references to a potential new "Invites" app from Apple, that would help users to organize meetings and other events. The report said the app would have iCloud integration. Gurman's information today seems to corroborate these findings, but there are still many unknown details.

Apple's expected announcement should provide more clarity soon.

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LogicalApex Avatar
12 weeks ago

Maybe they should focus on fixing the icloud backup storage. My backup storage doubled in size for no apparent reason when I updated from ios 17.5 to ios 18.0...its gotten better over time but its not down to where it should be. I have iphone se 2022 so I dont have the ai feature. ITS A MYSTERY why its increasing when Im not doing anything to it. Also they need to fix the texts because theyre not being deleted off the server end once u delete them manually from recently deleted. Its suppose to take up to 4 days to delete texts from the server end on its own but its not doing this. I noticed this bug in ios 18.2 and its still there in 18.3
Honestly, Apple device backups shouldn't count toward iCloud storage at all.
Score: 28 Votes (Like | Disagree)
abatabia Avatar
12 weeks ago
Higher base storage seems a tad more important but what do I know.
Score: 26 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Skyscraperfan Avatar
12 weeks ago
So a party only for iPhone owners?
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satchmo Avatar
12 weeks ago
Make iCloud faster to sync all devices.

And cheapo Tim, please give users 5gb free for EACH device.
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WarmWinterHat Avatar
12 weeks ago

So a party only for iPhone owners?
Exactly. More useless proprietary services.
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LIVEFRMNYC Avatar
12 weeks ago
I can smell the spam already.
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