But is it worth signing up?
Apple Onebundles up Apple Music, Apple Arcade, Apple News+, Apple Fitness+, and extra iCloud Storage.
There are three tiers, with different options, but working out the right one for youif anyis straightforward.
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But do you need Apple One?
And are there any good alternatives?
“For my family its a total no-brainer.
The Apple One Bundles, Explained
There are three Apple One tiers available.
Individual includes Music, TV+, Arcade, and 50GB of iCloud storage.
Family is the same, but with 200GB storage, and can be shared with your family.
Premier adds News+ and Fitness+, and gives you 2TB of iCloud storage to share.
Its pretty straightforward, although there are two things to watch out for.
One is that Apple Fitness+ doesnt launch until later this year.
The other is that the Premier tier is only available in countries where News+ is already available.
That is, the US, UK, Canada, and Australia.
This has important consequences for folks using a lot of iCloud Storage.
What About That iCloud Storage?
The default amount of storage for a free Apple ID is just 5GB.
Thats meant to take care of your iCloud Photo Library needs, and also your nightly iCloud backups.
Clearly, its not enough for either of those.
For context, here are the prices for extra iCloud storage.
That kind of defeats the point of an all-in-one bundle, though.
There is one silver lining here, (cloud pun fully intended).
Previously, it was impossible to get more than 2TB of iCloud storage.
Now, youcan get up to 4TBby combining the 2TB iCloud plan with the new Apple One Premier plan.
This also means that you should cancel your iCloud Storage plan if you no longer need it.
You should definitely do this.
And for the top tier?
The downside is that nobody wants News+, and theFitness+ servicewont be here for a while.
When it launches, itll be $10 per month.
The top Premier tier is less of a bargain.
You do get the most “free” additions, but theyre not that compelling.
But there isnt really anything that can bundle it all together in one place.
Google could probably manage it.
It has storage, photos, premium YouTube video and music, andGoogle Onefor storage.
And often for the same price youre already paying.
