New “AppleCare One” plan bundles three extended warranties for $20 a month

Apple is introducing a fairly major update to its AppleCare extended warranty program today: AppleCare One, a program meant to cover users with multiple Apple devices who want extended hardware and software support for all of them. The program can cover up to three devices, regardless of what kind of device they are, for $19.99 a month, and additional devices can be added for a flat $5.99 a month.

The new program comes several months after Apple raised prices for iPhone AppleCare+ subscriptions in the US, adding 50 cents per month to most plans.

Whether AppleCare One will save you money depends on the kind of devices you’re covering. Generally speaking, you’ll at least break even for any plan that includes coverage for an iPhone, but you save more if you’re paying for coverage for high-end gadgets like the iPhone Pro and iPad Pro.

For example: if you’re covering an iPhone 16e ($9.99 a month), an 11th-generation iPad ($3.49 a month), and a 13-inch MacBook Air ($6.99 a month), AppleCare One would save you a mere 48 cents. But cover an iPhone 16 Pro Max ($13.99 a month), a 13-inch M4 iPad Pro ($8.49 a month), and a 16-inch MacBook Pro ($14.99 a month), and you’d save a whopping $17.48 a month. Do the math before you subscribe, especially if one or two of the devices you’re trying to cover are things like desktop Macs or Apple Watches.