Microsoft is integrating its AI-powered Office features, including Copilot, into its Microsoft 365 Personal and Home subscriptions for an extra $3 per month. Existing subscribers can opt out of the AI features and avoid the price increase. Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscriptions in the US are increasing by $3 per month. Microsoft is also introducing new plans, Personal Classic and Family Classic, for existing subscribers who want to avoid the AI features and price increase.
Microsoft is bundling its AI-powered Office features into Microsoft 365 Personal and Home subscriptions, but it’s also raising prices as a result. Previously, Microsoft 365 subscribers had to pay an extra $20 per month to get Copilot inside Office apps like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint as part of a Copilot Pro subscription, but Microsoft is now adding these AI features to Microsoft 365 apps for an extra $3 per month.
“We’ve never actually raised the price in the US and we’re raising it by $3 a month, along with similar amounts in other markets.” Nobody likes price increases, and consumers are especially sensitive to being asked to pay more for AI features right now. If you don’t want to pay extra for these AI features, then Microsoft will have plans for existing subscribers to remain at the same price point without Copilot in Office apps.
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