User level: Level 1 (4 points)When I receive an Apple Games invite to play apple backgammon the invite sends me to the Icloud plus setting page. Also if I invite a friend to play either via "Share Play" or "Invite Players" the invite either never turns up or when opened goes to icloud?
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Original Title: Online Apple games
Posted on Sep 29, 2026 12:35 PM
User level: Level 9 (55,707 points)Oct 7, 2026 2:06 PM in response to alex.j.cerutti
In September, Apple changed the iCloud+ plans in 100 or so countries so that an iCloud+ subscription now also gets you access to Apple Arcade, and the non-third-party-branded parts of Apple TV, at no extra cost.
Maybe the invite was to play some Apple Arcade game, a game that requires all participants to be subscribers? And you're in one of the countries where subscribing to iCloud+ is now the way that you would get Apple Arcade? Might explain why opening an invite to a game took you to a page about iCloud+ …
Just a guess ...
(As far as I can tell, the U.S., Canada, Great Britain, Japan, and many Western European countries in the EU are not getting the expanded iCloud+ service. In those places, Apple Arcade would be available via a subscription to it, or via a subscription to Apple One.)
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256367415