{"id":7015,"date":"2026-09-14T22:55:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T22:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=7015"},"modified":"2026-09-14T22:55:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T22:55:26","slug":"apple-intelligence-apple-home-icloud-plus-cost-subscription","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=7015","title":{"rendered":"Apple Home\u2019s new security camera features cost up to $60 a month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">But to get these features, you\u2019ll need to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/963974\/apple-intelligence-in-apple-home-will-require-the-10-a-month-icloud-plus-plan\">pay $9.99 a month for the 2TB iCloud Plus plan<\/a> (or $39.95 a month for an Apple One Premier subscription) \u2014 and that\u2019s just for one camera. According to an <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/127901#:~:text=Some%20Apple%20Intelligence%20features%20in,features%20may%20change%20over%20time.\">Apple support page<\/a>, to add Apple Intelligence to a second camera, you\u2019ll have to pay <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/127901#:~:text=Some%20Apple%20Intelligence%20features%20in,features%20may%20change%20over%20time.\">$29.99 a month for the 6TB<\/a> plan. For up to five cameras, it\u2019s a whopping $59.99 a month for the 12TB plan. No word on whether you can add more than five cameras. (Recordings from HomeKit-connected cameras don\u2019t count toward your storage quota.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">That\u2019s way too expensive. While the improved video features are useful \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/949854\/first-look-apple-home-ios-27-upgrades-homekit-secure-video\">I\u2019ve been testing them in beta<\/a> and have been impressed \u2014 they\u2019re not good enough to justify that big a price jump.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">HomeKit Secure Video has always been behind a paywall, but it started at a very reasonable $1 a month. That\u2019s for the 50GB iCloud Plus plan, which includes recorded footage from one camera, plus smart alerts and facial recognition. For more cameras, you bump up to 2TB \/ $9.99 a month (up to five), and 6TB \/ $29.99 a month or higher for unlimited cameras. But the cost for the Apple Intelligence features is a huge increase.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">I currently pay $40 a month for Apple One Premier, which includes 2TB of iCloud storage and gets me HomeKit Secure Video support for five cameras. With the new pricing tier, I keep those benefits and now get Apple Intelligence on one camera. But to get it on all five cameras, I\u2019d need to pay an <em>additional<\/em> $60 a month. That\u2019s $720 a year, for a total of $1,200.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/692523\/ring-ai-powered-video-descriptions-camera-doorbell-notifications\">Amazon\u2019s Ring<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/789412\/new-nest-cams-nest-doorbell-launch-price-specs-release-date\">Google Nest<\/a> charge around $20 a month for subscription tiers that include similar AI-powered features for their cameras, and both companies offer more features than Apple currently does. An iCloud Plus plan does include storage for photos, files, and device backups, and higher plans may get you higher limits for Siri AI and other Apple Intelligence features, but Apple hasn\u2019t released any details about that.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The good news is that none of this changes what you get with HomeKit Secure Video today, and the new software releases have added under-the-hood upgrades that improve speed and reliability, plus the service now supports 4K video resolution. But while Apple Intelligence feels like a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/949854\/first-look-apple-home-ios-27-upgrades-homekit-secure-video\"> significant improvement for Apple Home<\/a>, at these prices, the value just isn\u2019t there.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/994949\/apple-intelligence-apple-home-icloud-plus-cost-subscription\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>But to get these features, you\u2019ll need to pay $9.99 a month for the 2TB iCloud Plus plan (or $39.95 a month for an Apple One Premier subscription) \u2014 and that\u2019s just for one camera. 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