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Samsung Galaxy AI Premium plan confirmed in code: $4.99/month tier spotted, Galaxy S27 launch expected

Samsung’s Galaxy AI Premium plan is real — and it’s coming to the Galaxy S27 first. Free features stay free. New ones cost money. Here’s what we know — and what’s still missing.

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Samsung is preparing to charge Galaxy phone users for access to new AI features — starting with the unreleased Galaxy S27. The company has not announced the plan officially, but strings of code and internal software references uncovered by SammyGuru confirm a tiered subscription system called Galaxy AI Premium is in active development.

SamMobile reports Samsung is testing three tiers, Starter, Plus, and Pro, offering 10,000, 20,000, and 50,000 monthly AI credits respectively. A separate leak points to just two tiers: Starter and Max, priced at $4.99 per month or $47.99 annually, figures Samsung has not confirmed or denied. No Indian price is cited in any source.

No launch date is given, but rollout is expected to begin exclusively on Galaxy S27 devices, likely in January 2027. Wider availability would follow after an initial test period. The plan will be available in at least the US and South Korea, with no region blacklist reported. Samsung says core AI tools, Live Translate, Writing Assist, Browsing Assist, Smart Capture, Creative Studio, Personal Agent, Now Brief, and Photo Studio, remain free.

So do basic versions of Bixby and Brief Now. What’s not free: Bixby Action, Daily Briefing, Gen Video, and Galaxy Claw, all newly named, unannounced features tied directly to the subscription. Bixby Action automates multi-step tasks like hotel booking. Gen Video generates motion-enhanced clips from still photos.

Galaxy Claw overlaps with Bixby Action in function, though how it differs isn’t clear. Users on the paid plan get four times the AI usage allowance of the free tier. One-off credit packs are also in testing, valid for three years, for those who want flexibility without a recurring charge.

Reaction online is sharp: “Even if it would be $1 per year, I don’t want to pay for it,” one user wrote on X. Another demanded, “Just give me a button to turn all AI off.” Samsung hasn’t said whether that toggle will exist.

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