How-to Guides

Inviting your friends and family

Create a Circle and invite people into it.

This guide covers how to invite friends and family into your Ember Circles.

Circles come in two types:

  • Family — for family members
  • Affiliation — for groups like classmates, clubs, or teammates
The Ember Family Circle with Invite Someone, Share a Story, and Manage Circle

Create a Circle

  1. Tap Circles on the toolbar. Scroll existing Circles until you reach Create a Circle.
  2. Choose Family or Affiliation.
  3. Add a name and description. Affiliation Circles can also include an external link.
  4. Choose whether any member can invite new people. Turn this on for small, trusted Circles.

Invite someone

  1. Open the Circle you want to add them to.
  2. Tap Invite someone.
  3. Choose from Contacts, or enter their contact information and send the invite.

To ask someone to record a specific topic, see Inviting others to record a memory.