On Monday Apple announced changes to their iCloud+ Plans including their cheapest 50GB tier. The plan will now include Apple TV, Apple Arcade and Apple Music Select at no additional cost in select countries.
The new features will not be coming to iCloud+ in the U.S., Canada, Australia, the UK or the EU. Apple Arcade and Apple TV will stop being sold as its own individual subscription in these markets and will be bundled together with iCloud+.
The new iCloud+ bundle will be available in the following countries:
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Barbados
Belize
Benin
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
British Virgin Islands
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Cayman Islands
Chad
Côte d'Ivoire
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Dominica
Egypt
Eswatini
Fiji
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Ghana
Grenada
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
India
Iraq
Israel
Jamaica
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kosovo
Kuwait
Kyrgyz Republic
Lebanon
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Maldives
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Micronesia
Moldova
Montenegro
Montserrat
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Niger
Nigeria
North Macedonia
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Qatar
Republic of the Congo
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
São Tomé and Príncipe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Solomon Islands
Sri Lanka
Suriname
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Türkiye
Turkmenistan
Turks and Caicos
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
According to Apple, iCloud+ subscribers in the listed countries will automatically gain access to Apple TV and Apple Arcade. Users who were already Apple TV or Arcade subscribers will gain access to iCloud+ automatically and their old subscription will be canceled.
One of the new features in this new iCloud+ plan is “Apple Music Select”. It offers an ad-free listening experience and Apple-created stations. Users will be able to share their plan using Family sharing for up to 6 people (including the subscriber. Share with 5 other people.)
Apple also announced that Apple TV is expanding to 59 new countries, making Apple TV available to a total of 170 countries.
Apple has not stated if this new iCloud+ plan will be available in the U.S., Canada, Australia, the UK or the EU.