iOS 18.3 won’t bring any big news other than the activation of some minor Apple Intelligence feature. However, the Cupertino company is working on something very important for the upcoming iPhone operating system update, and we were able to find out thanks to the latest beta version of the aforementioned version. This is a new native application.
How could he find out 9to5MaciOS 18.3 beta 2 code contains references to an app called “Apple invites“, which, as the name suggests, can be an application for creating and managing invitations.
Interestingly, these references were already found in one of the beta versions of iOS 18.2, but Apple removed them; reappearance may indicate that its launch for iPhone may be imminent; likely with iOS 18.3 or iOS 18.4, which will be released in April.
This is the new Invitations app coming to iPhone.
Although there is no image of the interface, the code revealed a lot of details about how the application will work. The above portal ensures that iPhone app will be integrated with iCloud and that, in addition, it will have a web version with a specific domain. Apple would even activate a new one Demon (process running in the background) present since the first version of iOS 18 and called Group kit. It manages database models for groups of people.
The Invitations app for iPhone, in turn, will show the main interface with a list of invited people and who have confirmed their participation in an event created by the user. While this is something we can already do in the calendar app, everything indicates that this new app will have additional features that are of course unknown for now.
Actually, It is not entirely clear whether this application will exist as such —that is, if users can download it and place it on their home screen—. Or instead it will be a “mini-app” for iMessage. In fact, this app is similar to the events feature that WhatsApp rolled out a few months ago.
iOS 18.3 will be available in the coming weeks with minor changes and new features, including improvements and fixes for bugs found in the current version. support for robot vacuum cleaners in HomeKit and much more.
Source: Hiper Textual
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