If you're an iPhone user, you could get $95 from this Apple settlement

Some iPhone users could beryllium eligible to cod up to $95 per instrumentality arsenic portion of a colony implicit allegations that Apple misled consumers astir the abilities of its artificial intelligence-powered features.

This week, Apple said it reached a $250-million colony to resoluteness class-action lawsuits filed against the Cupertino smartphone shaper past year. The lawsuits alleged that Apple violated user extortion laws by advertizing that its iPhones included enhancements to its integer adjunct Siri adjacent though it didn’t beryllium yet. That allegedly enticed consumers to walk much to acquisition the caller devices.

Ryan Clarkson, laminitis and managing spouse of Clarkson Law Firm, which represented consumers successful the lawsuit, said they are “proud to unafraid a historical colony connected behalf of consumers who should consciousness assured and protected erstwhile deciding wherever to walk their hard-earned dollars.”

“We are astatine an inflection constituent with AI, and the choices companies and regulators marque present volition signifier however this exertion impacts mundane people,” helium said successful a statement.

Apple unveiled respective AI tools, including an improved Siri adjunct that was much conversational and capable, successful 2024. The institution touted however AI features volition assistance radical write, summarize messages, cleanable up photos and more.

As the contention to beforehand AI heats up, immoderate experts accidental that Apple has been lagging down its rivals specified arsenic OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google Gemini. The colony is the latest illustration of the hurdles Apple faces arsenic it goes head-to-head with its competitors.

The colony applies to U.S. iPhone users who bought an iPhone 16 and the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max betwixt June 10, 2024, and March 29, 2025. Roughly 37 cardinal devices purchased successful the United States are eligible, according to a tribunal filing.

A justice successful the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California inactive needs to o.k. the settlement.

Consumers volition beryllium notified via email oregon message astir submitting a signifier to cod the funds. They’ll beryllium eligible for payments of $25 per instrumentality but that magnitude whitethorn alteration oregon summation to $95 per instrumentality depending connected the magnitude of claims received and different factors, according to a tribunal filing astir the settlement.

Apple said successful a connection that its merchandise of what’s known arsenic “Apple Intelligence” included a assortment of AI-powered features specified arsenic unrecorded translation and penning tools.

“Apple has reached a colony to resoluteness claims related to the availability of 2 further features. We resolved this substance to enactment focused connected doing what we bash best, delivering the astir innovative products and services to our users,” a institution spokesperson said successful a statement.