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See the full story · 2 sourcesGo to the 9to5Mac home page Switch site 9to5Toys 9to5Google Logo 9to5Google Electrek Drone DJ Logo DroneDJ Space Explored About Privacy Toggle social menu Toggle dark mode Search for: Submit Toggle search form Forums Store Podcasts Apple@Work Happy Hour 9to5Mac Daily Overtime iPhone iPhone Mac Mac MacBook Pro MacBook Air iMac Mac mini Mac Studio Mac Pro iPad iPad Pro iPad Air iPad mini iPad iPadOS Watch Apple Watch Apple Watch Ultra Apple Health Apple Watch SE Vision Vision Pro visionOS Music and TV Apple Music AirPods HomePod Apple TV Guides Reviews How Tos AAPL Apple Store Apple Arcade Apple Card Apple Silicon Apple One Apple Fitness+ CarPlay Siri HomeKit Toggle dark mode iCloud iOS 27 iOS 27 beta 5 adds option to upgrade iCloud+ subscription for more AI Ryan Christoffel | Aug 11 2026 - 6:50 am PT 6 Comments 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.
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 :
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 Intelligence Get 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.
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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.
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