WhatsApp is adding a new way to plan and organize events in group messages, making it easier for friends and organizations like schools and neighborhoods to set up virtual and in-person meetings.

The new events feature lets members of a group set up birthday parties, work meetings, and more, similar to various e-vite services that send out invitations via email. New WhatsApp events get pinned to a group’s information page so everyone can see who is down, hear out inevitable excuses for those who can’t make it, and confirm who is bringing cookies.

The events feature will first show up for groups within WhatsApp Communities, then to all groups in the coming months. WhatsApp Communities is the chat app’s Slack or Discord-like feature that has its own message threads, group admins, and announcement functions. It also takes advantage of WhatsApp’s 32-person video calling capabilities that invite users to jump in instead of ringing everyone.

WhatsApp is also making changes to Announcement Groups, which let community admins blast out updates. The groups will now allow members to respond and receive feedback that’ll be visible to everyone. Notifications for these responses are muted, though, so as to not spam the entire community.

Correction, May 2nd: An earlier version of this article misstated how the events feature worked. Events are only located in the information page; they do not also receive a group chat thread.