Samsung has been giving away its AI features for free ever since introducing Galaxy AI alongside the S24 series back in January 2024. However, it looks like the Koreaan tech giant is getting ready to put some of its higher-end AI perks behind a paywall fairly soon.
Reports from SammyGuru and SamMobile suggest that all the features you can use right now will stay completely free. The change comes with brand-new tools, where Samsung plans to offer limited free access alongside three distinct paid tiers for power users.
These credit-based plans will apparently be called Starter with 10,000 credits, Plus with 20,000 credits, and Pro with 50,000 credits, though we do not yet know exactly how much usage one credit actually buys you.
Samsung seems to be preparing both subscription and pay-as-you-go options. If you buy credits on a pay-as-you-go basis, they will remain valid for three years and work independently from any monthly Galaxy AI Premium membership.
Alongside those credit tiers, there looks to be a top-tier Max plan priced at around USD 5 (~RM20.30) a month, or USD48 (~RM195) if you pay annually. Signing up for Max will reportedly unlock higher usage limits, a Daily Briefing feature, automated Bixby Actions across your apps, and a Gen Video tool designed to create AI videos straight from your photos.
On top of that, everyday tasks like translating languages, summarising text, and generating images will have their own specific limits. Free users will get 10 translations, 5 summaries, and 2 generated images each day. Upgrading to an Essential tier will boost those daily allowances tenfold, while a Premium tier will remove the caps entirely to give you unlimited access.
We might not have to wait too long to see how this plays out in practice. SammyGuru suggests Samsung could unveil these new paid Galaxy AI tiers when it launches the Galaxy S27 series in early 2027.