The highly anticipated Apple One is finally official after Apple hosted its latest September event on Tuesday. The service will include packaged bundles that Apple users can subscribe to on a monthly basis.
The packages will include Apple offerings like Apple Arcade, Apple TV+, Apple News+, iCloud storage, and more. The company is also offering several different options for these packages.
The Apple One is available in three different types of packages. The first and cheapest is the “Individual Plan” that bundles Apple TV+, Apple Music, Apple Arcade, and iCloud storage together for the cost of $14.95 per month.
The second option is the “Family Plan”, which includes the same Apple products, four times as much iCloud storage, and is able to be shared by up to six family members for $19.95 per month.
Finally, the “Premier Plan” offers all of these services, more iCloud storage, Apple News+, and the just-announced Apple Fitness+ for $29.95 per month. The Apple Fitness+ was also announced Tuesday and will focus on workout videos and training regiments.
Rather than purchasing these services a la carte, the bundled packages will save users money. The Individual Plan is $6 less than what the individual services would cost, while the Family Plan is $8 less and the Premier Plan is $25 less.
Any of these purchases will include a free trial for 30 days for apps in which are not already being used, according to Apple. There will be a once a month charge for use of these services, and the Apple One will be available in the fall in more than 100 countries.
Apple has been considering a release like this for several years now, and it is an excellent way for the company to cross-promote its various services. Other competitors like Amazon and Google already offer similar type deals.
The Apple One is a step in the right direction for Apple to keep people in its ecosystem. The likelihood that a person would switch to other services that aren’t in Apple’s ecosystem drops if they are using an affordable and efficient service that integrates with all of their devices.
The tech giant will also be releasing the iPhone 12 in the next month in anticipation for the holiday season, and that will certainly keep the interest in the Apple One and the company itself at a high level.
