The publication these days that Apple could charge for Apple Intelligence has caused a lot of noise. Mark Gurman brings some sanity to the issue, ensuring that being a very real possibility, we are still far from such a realizationat least 3 years.
Apple Intelligence is still in beta, and will remain so even when the new iPhone 16 launches. It won’t be available at launch in many countries, including the European Union and China, and we’ll have to wait until 2025 for us all to be able to use most of the Apple Intelligence features we saw at the last WWDC 2024. How can anyone suggest that Apple might charge for Apple Intelligence… again? In Cupertino, they’re currently worried about ensuring that iPhones don’t fall behind in the AI race. They’re late, and we can’t even say that they’ve given the starting signal yet, but hey, at least we’ve seen their intentions. And even if we look a year ahead and assume that by then everything is already running smoothly, the features they’re offering us are nothing special. Don’t get me wrong, they’re very good, some are even fun (like creating your own emoji) but They are pretty basic, it is impossible to charge for them
However, by 2027, with new devices and advances in artificial intelligence, there may already be advanced functions that we can perform on our smartphones and Macs, and Apple could consider charging for them. Nothing new for Apple users, who already pay if we want more than the ridiculous 5 GB of iCloud, or if we want Apple Music or any of the other services that Apple offers. Why not include Apple Intelligence+ in iCloud+?
