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Meta launches AI-focused subscription plans

Meta has launched Meta One, a unified subscription service bundling premium features across Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, and Meta AI, now globally available. Core functions remain free, while the subscription offers extended AI usage, enhanced self-expression tools, and professional solutions for creators and businesses, gradually rolling out to apps like Edits and AI glasses. Over 15 million subscriptions and trials have been recorded. Pricing starts at $2.99/€2.49 per month for individual app-plus plans, with bundled Core and Premium tiers at $7.99 and $19.99 (€6.99 and €16.99) monthly, and business plans ranging from $14.99 to $499 (up to €549) per month. This initiative aligns with Meta's AI monetization strategy, following a $14.3 billion investment in Scale AI and planned infrastructure spending exceeding $600 billion by 2028. Early revenue data shows Instagram at $1.2 million daily and Facebook at $528,000 as of September 9, 2026, though the launch faces regulatory scrutiny and industry warnings about AI risks.

• Meta One is a unified subscription service for Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, and Meta AI, globally available, launched on September 16, 2026.
• Over 15 million subscriptions and trial activations have been recorded from earlier tests.
• Pricing starts at $2.99/€2.49 per month for individual app-plus plans; bundled Core and Premium cost $7.99/€6.99 and $19.99/€16.99 respectively.

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TV Time Founder Launches Bingers After Shutdown

Antonio Pinto, an original founder of the TV-tracking app TV Time (formerly TVShow Time), is building a new app called Bingers to rehome the TV Time community after TV Time's planned removal from app stores. Pinto says Bingers will recreate TV Time’s social features, import users’ TV Time archives via the GDPR-compliant export tool, and has been architected to reduce server costs and improve performance. App intelligence firm Appfigures reports TV Time has over 26.4 million lifetime installs. Bingers is expected on the Apple App Store and Google Play by the end of July 2026, with a waitlist currently collecting sign-ups on the Bingers website.

• Antonio Pinto, an original founder of TV Time, is building a new TV-tracking app called Bingers.
• Appfigures reports TV Time has more than 26.4 million lifetime installs.
• Bingers will offer import of TV Time archives using TV Time’s GDPR-compliant export tool before TV Time’s removal from app stores on July 15, 2026.