Apple Invites app launches, AltStore drama, Apple AR hardware roadmap flounders

Benjamin and Chance review the newly-launched Apple Invites app and despite how well made the app is, debate whether anyone will actually use it. Also, AltStore makes headlines about hosting the first ‘Apple approved’ NSFW app, Apple reportedly cancels another AR hardware initiative and TikTok spreads fake news about the iOS 18.3 support for T-Mobile Starlink service.

And in Happy Hour Plus, Benjamin and Chance bemoan the lack of advancement in CarPlay in recent years, and suggest a few easy wins Apple could add to the platform. Subscribe at 9to5mac.com/join.

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Links

• Here are five Apple Invites features you might have missed
• Apple confirms 'Invites' app and iCloud+ feature, here's how it works [Video]
• Here's how Apple Invites work on Android [Gallery]
• Apple responds after being forced to approve porn app on EU iPhones due to DMA [U]
• Apple gives up on device-connected smart glasses project, here's how it would have worked
• No, Apple didn't just 'install' Elon Musk's Starlink on everyone's iPhone
• M5 chip enters mass production, ready for MacBook Pro, iPad Pro, Vision Pro
• The real problem with next-generation CarPlay