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Apple Care One is coming to the UK — here's why it could be a good deal for i Pad and Apple Watch owners
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It'll be available for older devices as well as new purchases
It's £16.99 per month for three devices, £4.99 p/month for each additional device
Apple Care, Apple's extended warranty for its devices, is expanding. A new Apple Care One bundle comes to the UK on August 4 2026 and could make it cheaper for you to cover multiple Apple products. It also lets you cover older devices rather than just new purchases.
At the moment, you've got 60 days from purchase to take out Apple Care+ coverage. That gives you free 24/7 tech support, subsidised battery replacements if your device's battery drops below 80% capacity, and unlimited accidental damage repairs including liquid damage.
Apple Care One expands the eligibility to cover devices up to four years old (one year for Air Pods) provided they're in good condition. In some cases that may require a trip to the Apple Store to check the condition of an older device before you can add it to the plan.
One of the important changes is that Apple has expanded Theft and Loss coverage, which protects you for up to two incidences of theft or loss per year, to cover the Apple Watch and i Pad as well as the i Phone. You can get that cover as part of Apple Care One, or take out a standalone plan for a single device.
The other key difference is that Apple Care One is a rolling subscription rather than a fixed term extended warranty — for example, if you upgrade your i Phone and trade in your old one, the Apple Care One plan will now cover your new i Phone.
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As ever with bundles, how much you save depends on the particular products you have. But you can potentially save up to £11.48 per month compared to the cost of individual Apple Care+ subscriptions.
Apple Care+ has different prices for different models. Apple Care One is a flat rate subscription. (Image credit: Apple)
Apple Care One is £16.99 per month to cover three devices. You can add additional cover for £4.99 per month per additional device.
Let's say you have an i Phone Air, Apple Watch Ultra 3 and a 13-inch M5 i Pad Pro. Individually, Apple Care+ with Theft and Loss will cost you £11.99, £4.99 and £8.49 per month. That's a total of £25.47, so the Apple Care One bundle is going to save you £8.48 per month.
For more modest devices the savings are smaller, but the additional device eligibility may still make Apple Care One an attractive option.
For example I have an i Phone 16 Pro and an Apple Watch Series 10, both of which are currently covered by Apple Care+ with Theft and Loss, but I didn't take out cover for my i Pad Pro and the 60-day window has long closed. I'm currently paying £15.98 per month to cover my phone and watch; it'd cost just £1.01 per month more to cover an eligible i Pad or i Pad Pro — although sadly my i Pad is an M1 so it's too old to be included.
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It's worth noting that the Apple Care One bundle is for devices on the same Apple account. That means you can't cover family devices linked to other Apple accounts, even if they're in your Family Sharing group. And for some older devices you may need to confirm that they're in "good condition" by taking them to the Apple Store.
As a long time Apple Care customer I think Apple Care One looks good, and it'll save you money if you have three or more devices to cover. My only worry is that it's a subscription, and if there's one thing we know about tech giants' subscription services is that their prices always go up.
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Writer, broadcaster, musician and kitchen gadget obsessive Carrie Marshall has been writing about tech since 1998, contributing sage advice and odd opinions to all kinds of magazines and websites as well as writing more than twenty books. Her latest, a love letter to music titled Small Town Joy, is on sale now. She is the singer in spectacularly obscure Glaswegian rock band Unquiet Mind.
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