Apple reveals more details on AI costs: Top tier likely around 60 Euros
As part of the latest iOS 27 beta, more details are emerging about Apple’s AI subscription plans, including HomeKit Secure Video and other features.
View of HomeKit Secure Video images on an iPad: The video service is also getting more AI.
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That Apple wants to make its iCloud+ subscription into a kind of AI subscription was already known. As part of the latest beta of iOS 27, the company is now giving an indication of where things are heading: there will likely be more customers in the future who pay up to 60 Euros per month to encounter fewer limitations when using Siri AI and other AI features.
Only 15 cameras despite 30 Euros per month
According to beta testers, the new AI detection functions for the HomeKit Secure Video camera service will only be available without restrictions if the aforementioned 60-Euro plan is purchased. This currently allows 12 TBytes of storage space on Apple's servers, which most users are unlikely to need. If you use the 10-Euro plan (2 TBytes), you can already connect any number of HomeKit Secure Video cameras, but the number of cameras for which images can be automatically grouped and searched via AI is limited. We don't know how many this is for the 10-Euro package yet. However, it can't be many: Apple's current 30-Euro plan (for 6 TBytes of storage) only includes 15. Only the mentioned 60-Euro package apparently removes the restriction – or increases it to the point where it ultimately doesn't matter.
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Apple is holding back with precise details
Also interesting: Apple advertises the 60-Euro plan with the words that you get “more access to intelligence functions”. This will likely affect not only HomeKit Secure Video but also other functions, for example from image editing. Apple had already announced that generating AI images, but also moving the perspective or expanding the image area using AI cannot be used without limits.
The information available so far does not paint a complete picture. Since iOS 27 is still in beta testing, the pricing could still change. It remains unclear how precise Apple's information will be. The mention of the number of cameras that support AI functions is already a step forward, but Apple has so far provided little substantial information on generative AI. AI users with other providers have been burned: Even so-called Max subscriptions for triple-digit euro amounts per month no longer include an all-inclusive rate.
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