Exclusive: Samsung Is Testing a Galaxy AI Premium Subscription
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Ever since Samsung introduced Galaxy AI back with the Galaxy S24 series, they’ve offered the service completely free of charge. But there’s a thought in the back of many minds that they could start charging for features. And Samsung themselves are toying with the idea, and are developing a new Premium subscription.
Update, November 9, 2026: A newer report from SamMobile lists three tiers, Starter, Plus and Pro. Those names are written into the Galaxy AI Premium app itself, while the Starter and Max plans we reported are delivered from Samsung’s servers. That points to our findings being the more recent change, and to Samsung still exploring how it will charge for Galaxy AI. Nothing is final yet.
Samsung are working on an AI Premium subscription, which will give users more usage for existing Galaxy AI features, like Photo Assist and Browsing Assist, as well as granting access to new features, which I’ll detail below.
The premium subscription seems to be in an early access program. Users will opt in to the program, and test the subscription. The app notes that any funds spent during the test period will be refunded once the program concludes.
So what will pricing and usage be like? Well on the free plan, you’re limited to Standard AI features, which are listed by the app as follows:
Those are free to use but will be limited by usage limits. Once you run out, you’ll have to buy a credit pack to top up. Or by subscribing to its Max plan, you’ll get 4x the usage.
Note: the prices you see in the images above are placeholders. The pricing I expect is below.
The Max plan will also give you access to exclusive new features.
Strings inside the app also give a clue towards the Max subscription. In US dollars, they list $4.99 a month or $47.99 when billed annually.
string name="plan_billing_monthly_price" $4.99 string name="plan_billing_yearly_price" $47.99
I expect that to be the pricing, though it’s subject to change, since Samsung’s servers and the Galaxy Store supply the actual prices. There’s also no mention within the app of how much credit top-ups will cost, sadly.
There isn’t any specific device whitelisting within this app, but there is a gate for the AI version, set to 20271. That suggests it’ll be exclusive to the Galaxy S27 series, at least initially. After the early access period, it could roll out widely to other users.
As for regions, the app doesn’t have a region blacklist. That seems to be managed by your Samsung account. So it could have region restrictions. Presumably it would have, at the very least, Korea and US support. A broader launch isn’t off the table though.
So, TL;DR: Samsung is testing the idea of a Galaxy AI Premium subscription. It’ll limit what you can do on the free tier, and give more usage and features once you pay up. If executed well, it could be a good revenue generator for Samsung. But are the supposed features enough for you to subscribe?
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