Apple simply launched a brand new $20 subscription service that gives multi-device safety

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Apple has introduced AppleCare One, which helps you to shield as much as three units with AppleCare+ beneath one plan for $20 a month.
AppleCare One has the identical advantages as AppleCare+. You’ll be able to add extra units to an AppleCare One Plan for $6 monthly every.
You’ll be able to add units which are as much as 4 years previous to AppleCare One. The brand new subscription plan is offered on July 25, completely within the US.

In case you personal an Apple device, you are in all probability acquainted with AppleCare and AppleCare+, Apple’s system safety applications. Whereas AppleCare is a restricted one-year guarantee included with each system, AppleCare+ is an elective prolonged guarantee you could buy for extra protection, corresponding to safety in opposition to unintentional injury. Nevertheless, in the event you personal a number of Apple units, you beforehand had to purchase an AppleCare+ plan individually for each. That’s now lastly altering.

Apple has launched AppleCare One, a subscription that mixes your AppleCare+ subscriptions right into a single plan. Priced at $20 monthly, it covers as much as three units, corresponding to an iPhone, iPad, and Mac. AppleCare One retains all the identical advantages of AppleCare+, so you will not miss out on any protection. When you’ve got greater than three units, you may add extra units to the plan for $6 every a month.

Apple states you could save $11 a month by bundling an iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch with AppleCare One as an alternative of shopping for AppleCare+ individually for every system.

“At Apple, we’re targeted on creating and delivering distinctive experiences,” mentioned Bob Borchers, Apple’s vp of Worldwide Product Advertising. “Constructed on the trusted basis of AppleCare+, AppleCare One extends that very same reliability and makes it simpler than ever to guard the merchandise you like and depend upon like iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, combining simplicity and distinctive worth.”

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You’ll be able to add units as much as 4 years previous to AppleCare One

AppleCare One is simply accessible within the US beginning July 24

With the introduction of AppleCare One, Apple has expanded the eligibility interval for units that may be included within the plan. Usually, while you buy a brand new Apple system, corresponding to an iPhone, you may have solely 60 days to purchase AppleCare+ protection afterward. With AppleCare One, you may embody units which are as much as 4 years previous. Nevertheless, Apple states that the system should be in “good situation” and will require you to run a diagnostic test or have it inspected at an Apple Retailer earlier than including it to the plan.

Apple’s extension of the eligibility window to 4 years is improbable, and it’ll assist many individuals get hold of protection for units they bought years in the past however could not get AppleCare+ for because of the 60-day buy window. When you’ve got an older system, corresponding to an iPad or Mac, that you just’re nonetheless utilizing and have at all times wished you had AppleCare+ for, now you can get it, due to AppleCare One.

Turning to protection, AppleCare One provides all of the same benefits as AppleCare+, corresponding to limitless repairs for accidents like drops, spills, and different injury, 24/7 precedence customer support assist, limitless battery replacements (if the battery well being drops under 80 p.c), and theft and loss safety for the iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.

Beforehand, theft and loss safety was solely accessible for the iPhone with AppleCare+, so it is good to see it now accessible for the iPad and Apple Watch with AppleCare One.

If you wish to join AppleCare One, you are able to do so beginning July 24. You’ll be able to join the plan in your iPhone, iPad, or Mac by going to Settings > Basic > AppleCare & Guarantee. You’ll be able to add or take away units from AppleCare One at any time via the identical display. It is value noting you may solely add units related together with your Apple ID. You may as well go to an Apple Retailer to enroll in the service. For now, this system is simply accessible within the US. There isn’t any phrase on whether or not it is going to broaden to different international locations sooner or later.

As somebody who’s presently juggling a number of AppleCare+ subscriptions, I am fairly glad to see Apple introduce AppleCare One. It looks as if it is a a lot simpler approach to handle AppleCare+ on a number of units, plus it is going to prevent cash each month. Apple additionally provides one other subscription bundle known as Apple One, which incorporates its fashionable providers, corresponding to iCloud, Apple Music, Apple TV+, and Arcade, at a decrease month-to-month charge.