iOS 27 beta 5 arrived this week, and it includes confirmation of something Apple has hinted before: paying for higher iCloud+ tiers unlocks more access to Apple Intelligence features.
If you’re an iCloud+ or Apple One subscriber, iOS 27 will introduce new features with your subscription.
You’ll get more access to Apple Intelligence features that have usage limits (such as image generation), and also new HomeKit Secure Video capabilities for cameras.
But according to iOS 27 beta 5, it seems those new features will vary in limits based on your iCloud+ plan.
Inside the Home app ⇾ Home Settings ⇾ Apple Intelligence ⇾ Cameras and Language, iOS 27 now shows how many cameras your iCloud+ plan supports AI summaries for. Per Stephen Robles on X:
iOS 27 Beta 5 in the Home App tells you how many cameras get Apple Intelligence features. I thought I was on the highest iCloud plan, but *apparently* not! pic.twitter.com/WkbgD5Opon
The image Robles shares on the right is from a new screen you can get to by hitting ‘See iCloud+ Plans’ on that ‘Cameras and Language’ page. It reads:
Upgrade your iCloud+ Plan for More Apple IntelligenceGet more access to intelligence features, increased storage, and more.
The page then shows your current plan and includes an option to upgrade to a higher tier. It doesn’t yet show you all the different plans, but that’s likely a beta bug that will be resolved before launch.
From what I’ve seen in the beta so far, it seems that a 2TB iCloud+ plan provides AI summaries for five cameras and the 12TB plan gets you 15. It’s unclear what every other plan offers.
But the language of this new upgrade page in the beta strongly suggests that each higher iCloud+ tier includes not only AI summaries for more cameras, but higher usage for other AI features too.
And this is very much what CEO Tim Cook suggested in the last Apple earnings call.
What do you think of Apple tying AI feature limits to iCloud+ plans? Let us know in the comments.
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Ryan got his start in journalism as an Editor at MacStories, where he worked for four years covering Apple news, writing app reviews, and more. For two years he co-hosted the Adapt podcast on Relay FM, which focused entirely on the iPad. As a result, it should come as no surprise that his favorite Apple device is the iPad Pro.
