{"id":776630,"date":"2026-07-21T22:05:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T22:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/776630\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T22:05:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T22:05:10","slug":"apple-music-subscription-prices-rise-due-to-higher-licensing-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/776630\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Music subscription prices rise due to higher licensing costs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Bear Traps Report founder Larry McDonald weighs in on Big Tech earnings on Mornings with Maria.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/apple\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Apple<\/a> is raising prices on Apple Music subscriptions as well as certain Apple One plans as the company faces higher licensing costs.<\/p>\n<p>The tech giant last week hiked prices for Apple Music plans across <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/tech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">subscription tiers<\/a>. Individual plans will rise by $1 a month to $11.99, while student plans will increase by the same amount to $6.99 a month.<\/p>\n<p>Prices for the Apple Music family plan are also rising by $3 per month to a new monthly rate of $19.99.<\/p>\n<p>The company also hiked prices for some tiers of Apple One \u2013 the company&#8217;s bundle that allows consumers to subscribe simultaneously to Apple TV, Music, iCloud+, Arcade, Fitness+ and News+ or the first four services.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/markets\/apple-raises-ipad-macbook-prices-memory-chip-costs-surge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">APPLE RAISES IPAD AND MACBOOK PRICES AS MEMORY CHIP COSTS SURGE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784671509_772_apple-store-building.jpg\" alt=\"Apple Store\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Apple raised prices on Apple Music plans as well as some Apple One packages. (CFOTO\/Future Publishing via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Prices for the Apple One family tier are set to rise by $2 to a new total of $27.95 per month. Family plans may be shared with up to five people and have up to 200 gigabytes of iCloud storage, though they don&#8217;t include News+ or Fitness+ in the package.<\/p>\n<p>The individual Apple One subscription, which includes the same four services but with 50 gigabytes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/cloud-innovations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">iCloud storage<\/a>, is unchanged at $19.95 a month.<\/p>\n<p>Apple One&#8217;s Premier package, which includes all six of the company&#8217;s subscription services with up to 2 terabytes of storage and may be shared among five people, will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/money\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">rise in price<\/a> by $2 to $39.95 per month.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/markets\/apple-briefly-overtakes-nvidia-worlds-most-valuable-company-amid-ai-investment-doubts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">APPLE BRIEFLY OVERTAKES NVIDIA AS WORLD&#8217;S MOST VALUABLE COMPANY AMID AI INVESTMENT DOUBTS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ticker Security Last Change Change % <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/quote?stockTicker=AAPL\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AAPL<\/a> APPLE INC. 327.74 +1.15<br \/>\n        +0.35%<\/p>\n<p>The price increases apply to consumers in the U.S. as well as other countries around the world.<\/p>\n<p>The moves weren&#8217;t announced by Apple, which adjusted the prices for the various subscriptions and tiers on its website on Friday. Apple told 9to5Mac, &#8220;As a result of rising licensing costs, Apple Music is increasing its subscription price beginning today.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>FOX Business reached out to Apple for comment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/technology\/apple-hit-class-action-claiming-icloud-privacy-tool-exposed-users-real-emails-websites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">APPLE HIT WITH LAWSUIT CLAIMING ICLOUD+ PRIVACY TOOL COULD EXPOSE USERS&#8217; REAL EMAILS TO WEBSITES<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/macbook-air-monitors.jpg\" alt=\"The new MacBook Air connected to monitors\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Apple&#8217;s subscription price hikes follow higher iPad and MacBook prices. (Apple)<\/p>\n<p>In late June, Apple announced price hikes for its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/fox-news-ipad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">iPad tablets<\/a> and MacBook laptops amid rising memory chip costs.<\/p>\n<p>The company raised the price of the MacBook Air by $200 to a new total of $1,299, while the budget Neo laptop price rose from $599 to $699. The price of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/apple\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">MacBook Pro<\/a> with 1 terabyte of storage rose $300 to $1,999, while the iPad Air with 128 gigabytes of storage rose from $599 to $749.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/apps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apple said at the time that it has &#8220;never seen a component price increase this much, this quickly,&#8221; adding that it had &#8220;shielded our customers from these increases so far, but we have now reached a point where we need to begin raising prices on a number of products.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Bear Traps Report founder Larry McDonald weighs in on Big Tech earnings on Mornings with Maria. 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