Apple Home’s new security camera features cost up to $60 a month

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="New Apple Intelligence features for HomeKit cameras start at $10 a month and go up to $60. | Image: The Verge" data-portal-copyright="Image: The Verge" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/268594_iOS_27_home_app_first_look_CVirginia2.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> New Apple Intelligence features for HomeKit cameras start at $10 a month and go up to $60. | Image: The Verge </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">With the <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/994756/apple-ios-27-launch-iphone-siri-ai-update">public release of iOS 27 and tvOS 27</a>, Apple Home is getting an injection of <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/942416/apple-siri-ai-update-wwdc">Apple Intelligence</a> - but you'll have to pay more for it.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/949854/first-look-apple-home-ios-27-upgrades-homekit-secure-video">Apple Intelligence for Home</a> brings AI-powered video summaries to <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/946032/apple-home-ai-camera-descriptions-search-4k">HomeKit Secure Video</a>, so you can get short text descriptions of who and what compatible security cameras saw, along with the clip. It <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/946032/apple-home-ai-camera-descriptions-search-4k">also adds a new video search feature</a> and the ability to stitch footage from multiple cameras into one clip, making it easier to keep an eye on what's happening around your home without scrolling through footage.</p> <img src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/IMG_7845-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,21.234309623431,100,57.531380753138" alt="" title="" data-has-syndication-rights="1" data-caption="&lt;em&gt;AI-generated video summaries provide text descriptions of what a camera sees.&lt;/em&gt;" data-portal-copyright=""> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">But to get these features, you'll need to <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/963974/apple-intelligence-in-apple-home-will-require-the-10-a-month-icloud-plus-plan">pay $9.99 a month for the 2TB iCloud Plus plan</a> (or $ …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/994949/apple-intelligence-apple-home-icloud-plus-cost-subscription">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>