The Apple artificial intelligence features will reach iOS 18 through a first major update very shortly after the launch of the iPhone 16. This is part of a discreet plan by those from Cupertino to sequentially launch all Apple Intelligence features to users. In fact, a new rumor published a few hours ago ensures that Apple could come up with a subscription system to access certain Apple Intelligence features. We will see how it finally manages access to all this new service since the balance has to be found between what is offered and what the user is willing to pay.
Apple Intelligence could have a subscription for some features
Developers can now test the first features of Apple Intelligence in the first beta of iOS 18.1, the update where Apple will release the first options of its great new service. This service It will have several phases and not all functions are available at the same time. In fact, everything seems to indicate that the integration of the new interface and intelligence of Siri's personal context and the integration of ChatGPT with iOS 18 could arrive at the end of 2024 or beginning of 2025.
A few hours ago new information was published from the CNBC from the hand of several analysts who assure that Apple could be considering charging a subscription of between $10 and $20 a month for some Apple Intelligence features. This is confirmed by Neil Shah, from Counterpoint Research, who assures that the investment that Apple has made with this new artificial intelligence system is so high that it wants to try to recover part of that investment at the expense of its users.
There are many ways to charge to use a service and Apple knows a lot about that. Although Shah and Ben Wood, head of research at CCSS Insight, opt for premium Apple Intelligence features would stick to Apple One in the form of a subscription to more services and not just AI functions. In this way, users would understand the expense as much more affordable and acceptable.
We will finally see if Apple decides to introduce part of these functions to iOS 18 subject to an extra payment. However, those from Cupertino also have to take into account that if they want the iPhone 16 to also have premium functions not available on other iPhones, the same user would doubt whether to invest more money in functions that have not yet been tested. Time to time.