Connect

Connect

Your plans aren’t always events. Sometimes they’re just “who’s down?”

Connect is for the everyday plans in between — dinner, a movie, a pickup game, a hike. Create one, choose who sees it, and bring the right people along.

Coming soon to iPhone and iPad

Create

Start with what you want to do

Create a plan in seconds — dinner tonight, a pickup game, a movie, a weekend hike. Add when and where, then choose who you want to share it with: everyone nearby, your friends, or just the people you pick. Every plan can be as open, or as personal, as you want it to be.

Creating a plan: what it is, when, where, and who can see it

Free?

See who else is

Sometimes you know exactly what you want to do. Other times you’re simply free and looking for something to happen. Say when you’re available, say what you’re up for — coffee, food, a walk, or nothing in particular — and see which friends are around at the same time. Free most Tuesday evenings? Say it once and it posts itself.

Telling friends you’re free for the next two hours

Discover

See what’s happening around you

Open the map and see what people around you are planning — friends getting together, and public plans anyone can join. Every pin is a person, and the ring tells you whose it is. Filter by category, date, distance and visibility, or look at a different city entirely.

The Connect map, showing plans around a university campus

Connect

Turn a plan into something you do together

See who’s going, request to join, and get everyone in one place. Creators stay in control of who comes along — and every plan gets its own group chat for messages, photos, polls and reactions. The plan brings you together; Connect takes care of the rest.

A plan’s page: when, where, who created it, and who’s going

Your circle

The people you meet become the people you plan with

Add the people you meet and keep them close. Message friends one to one, share photos and videos, send polls and react to messages. See what they’re planning, invite them to yours, or find something new to do together.

Your friends list, with circles and favourites

Your Connect

Everything you’ve done, and everything next

Your profile, the plans you’re part of — current and past — and the settings that shape how Connect works for you. Keep track of friend requests, invitations and approvals, and control appearance, notifications and privacy in one place.

Your profile, with the plans you’re hosting and going to

What else is in it

The six above are the heart of it. Here’s the rest, at a glance.

Disappearing Chats

  • Every activity gets a group chat that clears itself afterwards — no dead group nobody can leave.
  • Direct messages last as long as you want them to.
  • Photos, voice notes, GIFs, polls and reactions.

Check-In

  • You're checked in automatically when you arrive.
  • A reminder before it starts, so you actually leave on time.
  • If the plan moves or is called off, everyone's told.

Your people

  • Circles — invite the same group with one tap instead of twelve.
  • Favourites, for the people you actually talk to.
  • A record of who you've met, and how often.

Ask Siri

  • “I'm free on Connect”
  • “Who's free tomorrow on Connect”
  • None of it opens the app — that's the point.

Kept private

  • Your location is never shown to anyone. Saying you're free tells friends that you're around, not where.
  • Blocking hides you completely, both ways.
  • Delete your account, and it really deletes.

On all your devices

  • Read a message on your phone and the badge clears on your iPad.
  • Dark mode, iPad and landscape.

Coming soon to iPhone and iPad