Samsung is testing a paid Galaxy AI Premium subscription, according to an exclusive report from SammyGuru published on November 8, 2026. The test adds usage limits to the free Galaxy AI features and a paid Max plan with four times the usage. Strings in the app point to $4.99 a month.

Nothing changes on your phone today. This is an early access program that people opt into, and Samsung hasn’t announced it. Still, it’s the clearest sign yet of how Samsung might charge for Galaxy AI.

What’s free and what’s paid in the Galaxy AI Premium test

The report says the free plan covers what the app calls Standard AI features. These are the ones it lists:

  • Browsing assist
  • Now brief
  • Creative studio
  • Smart capture
  • Samsung Keyboard
  • Photo assist
  • Personal Agent

Here’s the catch. Those features come with usage limits. When you run out, you buy a credit pack to top up, or you subscribe to Max for four times the usage.

Max also adds features you can’t get on the free plan:

Max feature How the app describes it
Gen Video Generate AI videos from your photos
Bixby Action Automate tasks across your apps
Daily Briefing No description yet
Higher usage limits Four times the free allowance

Look at what’s missing from that free list, too. The Galaxy AI settings screen in the report’s first screenshot shows Call assist, Writing assist, Interpreter and Note assist, and none of them appear among the Standard features. The report doesn’t say whether those stay unlimited, move behind Max or simply weren’t part of this test.

How much Galaxy AI Max could cost

The prices on the screenshots are placeholders. The useful numbers come from the app’s code, which lists $4.99 a month or $47.99 a year for the Max plan.

Let me do the math for you. Twelve months at $4.99 comes to $59.88, so the yearly plan saves about $12, or roughly 20 percent. That’s a fair discount if the price holds.

It might not. The report notes that Samsung’s servers and the Galaxy Store supply the real prices, so these figures could change. There’s also no price for credit top-ups yet. The screenshots show a Max monthly plan with 40,000 credits and a separate 3,000-credit pack, but both at placeholder prices.

Galaxy AI Premium refunds during the early access test

You join through a Join early access screen and sign in with your Samsung account. The app says any money spent during the test will be refunded once the program ends.

That makes this a trial of the system, not a launch. Samsung is checking how limits, credits and the Max plan work before it decides anything.

Which Galaxy phones could get Galaxy AI Premium?

The app doesn’t list specific devices. It does check for an AI version, set to 20271, and SammyGuru reads that as a sign the plan starts with the Galaxy S27 series. We covered the base Galaxy S27 showing up in India in our Galaxy S27 BIS listing post.

There’s no region blocklist in the app either. Region access seems to be handled through your Samsung account, so some countries could still be left out at first.

What this means if you use Galaxy AI now

For now, keep using everything as you do today. Features like Now Brief still work the same, and our guide on turning off Now Brief without losing music controls still applies.

The bigger question is whether the free tier stays generous. If Samsung puts tight limits on Photo assist or Browsing assist, a lot of people will notice. We’re watching One UI 9.5 for more clues in our One UI 9.5 hub.

Would you pay $4.99 a month for Galaxy AI Max? Tell me which Galaxy phone you use and which AI feature you’d miss most.

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