Every time a company announces an array of AI features, we have all been led to expect it to be paid for No matter who it is or how it is done, companies always charge for it

Apple Intelligence raises the same question, and in fact, analysts have suggested that Cupertino's staff could charge up to $20 for these features; Bloomberg's Mark Garman has suggested that Apple's AI services worth paying for claiming that it will take “three years” to create one

As Garman says “might be the best-case scenario,” Apple's long-term plan is to develop a premium AI tier with additional features that incur a monthly fee, similar to how one would pay for an upgraded iCloud option

2027 seems a long way off, so why delay? Quite simply, because there are several important steps that Apple will be spending time on between now and 2027 First, for Apple Intelligence to make subscription sense, it needs to be available in more countries This is not possible while holding back its other two largest audiences, China and Europe