Samsung is testing a paid version of Galaxy AI, according to SammyGuru, which found a Galaxy AI Premium plan inside an early-access app. Strings in the app code put the top plan, called Max, at $4.99 a month or $47.99 a year.
Every Galaxy AI feature has cost nothing since the Galaxy S24 launch. The test would change that for heavy users. Seven standard tools stay free but come with usage caps, among them Photo Assist, Browsing Assist and the Personal Agent, plus the keyboard and Now Brief. When the cap runs out you either buy a credit pack or move to Max, which gives four times the usage.
SammyGuru pulled the price strings out of the app and calls them its expectation of the final cost. The prices drawn on the app’s own screens are placeholders, and the app promises a refund of anything spent during the test once the programme ends. The real numbers come from Samsung’s servers and the Galaxy Store, so they can still move. Credit pack prices are not in the app at all.
Max also opens features that free users would not get. Gen Video makes AI video from your photos, and Bixby Action is described as a way to run tasks across several apps. A third item, Daily Briefing, comes with no description and may differ from the existing Now Brief.
There is no device whitelist in the app, but it checks for an AI version number of 20271. SammyGuru reads that as a sign the plan will debut on the Galaxy S27 series, due early next year, and could spread to older phones once early access ends. That is the site’s inference, not something Samsung has said.
The app also has no list of blocked regions, so availability seems to be controlled through the Samsung account. The plan may therefore launch in only a few countries.
The app text says the early-access programme is opt-in, so only people who join it would see the plan.
Samsung has not announced Galaxy AI Premium. Until it does, the plan names, features and prices are unconfirmed test data that could change or be dropped before any launch.
