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Apple Adds AppleCare One Family Plan for Up to Six People

Apple today announced AppleCare One Family, a new option for U.S. customers that extends ‌AppleCare‌ coverage to every eligible device across an Apple Family Sharing group of up to six people for one fixed monthly price.

AppleCare One Family
‌AppleCare‌ One Family costs $49.99 per month and includes all of the same benefits as ‌AppleCare‌+, such as coverage for accidental damage like drops and spills, battery replacement service, and priority support from Apple Experts. It also includes theft and loss protection for eligible iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch models, and allows six total claims per year across the group.

Once a subscriber signs up, they can add devices from their iPhone, ‌iPad‌, or Mac, including "most devices less than four years old and in good working condition." Newly purchased devices are added automatically at no extra cost, and the price stays the same regardless of how many eligible products end up being covered.

To use the new plan, customers must set up Family Sharing in the Settings app on their iPhone, ‌iPad‌, or Mac and invite up to five other people to join. Any eligible devices those family members already own can then be covered under the same subscription, eliminating the need to buy and manage a separate ‌AppleCare‌ plan for each person.

‌AppleCare‌ One Family builds on AppleCare One, the multi-device subscription Apple introduced in the U.S. in July 2025 at $19.99 per month for up to three products. That plan has since expanded to Australia, France, Germany, and the UK, and today's announcement gives U.S. customers with larger households a way to consolidate coverage under a single subscription rather than juggling individual plans.

‌AppleCare‌ One Family will be available in the United States starting September 14. More details are available on Apple's AppleCare webpage.

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Top Rated Comments

3 hours ago at 01:35 pm
Looks like Apple is working hard to increase services revenue.
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
3 hours ago at 01:30 pm
It is cool that it supports what appears like an unlimited number of devices, but the $50/m ($600/y) price is extremely heavy. 2 years of this and you could have purchased an iPhone 18 Pro pretty much.

The article also incorrectly says the Family Plan is available now, but it doesn't launch until 9/14 in the US.
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
erikkfi Avatar
3 hours ago at 01:39 pm
Wow, Apple making it so easy to purchase an extremely high-margin extended warranty/insurance product. They're so generous in how they've made it so easy to sign up! We should be so grateful to be able to pay $600/yr so easily and never get anything in return unless something unfortunate and unlikely happens.

[puts on Apple shareholder hat] Please buy this everyone! You might drop your phone or iPad or something. You can't put a price on peace of mind.
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
jonnysods Avatar
3 hours ago at 01:32 pm
If it covers all the devices in our house? That's a killer price.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
3 hours ago at 01:39 pm

Has anyone successfully transitioned their individual plan to a family plan? I might be a bit stupid but I’m not seeing how to do that in settings or the iCloud subscriptions tab?
"Available 9.14. Introducing AppleCare One Family. A new way to cover all of your family’s eligible devices in one plan."
from https://www.apple.com/applecare/
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
2 hours ago at 02:08 pm
I have three kids 12 and under, plus myself and wife and our laptops, phones, AirPods, watches, Apple TVs in every room.

This is almost like a no brainer for a big family with rambunctious kids.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)