Apple will increase U.S. subscription costs for Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple One bundle • TechCrunch

At the moment marks one other blow to subscribers and their wallets. Apple elevated the subscription costs for Apple TV+, Apple Music and the Apple One bundle within the U.S.—becoming a member of numerous different corporations which have raised the costs of their subscription plans this yr.

Apple TV+ will improve by $2 month-to-month and $10 yearly. Subscribers will likely be charged $6.99 monthly or $69 per yr.

This would be the first time Apple TV+ has raised its subscription worth since its launch, signifying a irritating time for streaming subscribers who’ve seen worth hikes left and proper currently. Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+ and YouTube Premium’s household plan all skilled worth will increase this yr.

Apple Music is seeing a worth hike of $1 for particular person subscribers and $2 for households. The person plan will now be $10.99 monthly and the household plan will likely be $16.99 monthly.

In June, it was reported that Apple Music quietly elevated the worth of its pupil plan within the U.S., Canada and the UK.

Apple One is a subscription plan that bundles as much as six Apple companies like Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, iCloud+, Apple Information+ and Apple Health+. The brand new costs for the person plan, household plan, and Premier plan are $16.95/month, $22.95/month and $32.95/month, respectively.

An Apple spokesperson offered a press release to TechCrunch:

The subscription costs for Apple Music, Apple TV+, and Apple One will improve starting right this moment. The change to Apple Music is because of a rise in licensing prices, and in flip, artists and songwriters will earn extra for the streaming of their music. We additionally proceed so as to add modern options that make Apple Music the world’s greatest listening expertise. We launched Apple TV+ at a really low worth as a result of we began with only a few exhibits and flicks. Three years later, Apple TV+ is residence to an intensive collection of award-winning and broadly acclaimed sequence, function movies, documentaries, and children and household leisure from the world’s most inventive storytellers.

Apple lately raised the costs for in-app purchases on the App Retailer in lots of nations throughout Asia and Europe.