iOS 27 Home AI camera summaries: $9.99/mo for 1 cam, $59.99 for 5 — and HSV limits don’t match

What that costs in the U.S.

Mapped to current U.S. iCloud+ list prices (Apple’s iCloud+ plans page; MacRumors pricing rundown):

Apple One Premier includes 2 TB of iCloud+, so it inherits the single-camera AI-summary cap unless you stack additional storage.

The HomeKit Secure Video mismatch

This is separate from classic HomeKit Secure Video recording allowances on the same plans (Apple Support):

• 50 GB → 1 camera recording
• 200 GB → up to 5 cameras
• 2 TB / 6 TB / 12 TB → unlimited cameras for Secure Video storage

So a household on 2 TB can still record from many cameras, but Apple Intelligence text summaries / natural-language clip search-class features only attach to one of them under today’s published AI caps — the tension MacRumors highlights as iOS 27 hits the public.

What the summaries do

On launch coverage, the feature set includes AI-written descriptions for motion activity (people, animals, vehicles, packages, general motion), plus related Home Intelligence tooling such as noteworthy-clip surfacing and natural-language search through eligible recordings — all gated by the camera counts above.

If you’re updating today, pair this with our OS 27 how-to and check Home → camera / Apple Intelligence settings after install to see which cameras are eligible on your plan.

Sources: Apple via 9to5Mac on AI usage limits, MacRumors, iCloud+ plans, HomeKit Secure Video.