{"id":241382,"date":"2026-05-07T18:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T22:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/07\/apple-ai-lawsuit-settlement-which-iphones-are-included\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T00:45:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T04:45:16","slug":"apple-ai-lawsuit-settlement-which-iphones-are-included","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/07\/apple-ai-lawsuit-settlement-which-iphones-are-included\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple AI lawsuit settlement: Which iPhones are included?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/apple-class-action-settlement-iphone-models\">Apple AI lawsuit settlement: Which iPhones are included?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/apple-class-action-settlement-iphone-models\">https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/apple-class-action-settlement-iphone-models<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-07 18:06:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"mashable.com\">mashable.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apple has agreed to pay $250 million to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing the company of exaggerating the capabilities of Apple Intelligence and Siri. <\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit claimed that Apple&#8217;s 2024 and 2025 promotional campaigns for Siri and Apple Intelligence constituted false advertising and violated consumer protection laws. Apple hasn&#8217;t admitted any wrongdoing in the case, however.<\/p>\n<p>A judge still needs to sign off on the agreement, but tens of millions of iPhone owners could soon be eligible to receive between $25 to $95 in the settlement.<\/p>\n<h2>Which iPhones are included in the Apple AI lawsuit settlement?<\/h2>\n<p>The lawsuit covers U.S. consumers who purchased specific iPhone models in 2024 and 2025. Only iPhone models bought during a specific period and capable of running Apple Intelligence \u2014 Apple&#8217;s name for its suite of AI tools \u2014 are included in the settlement.<\/p>\n<p>A May 5 settlement filing states that <strong>U.S. shoppers who bought the following iPhone models between June 10, 2024 and March 29, 2025 can qualify<\/strong> for payment:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>iPhone 16<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>iPhone 16e<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>iPhone 16 Plus<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>iPhone 16 Pro<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>iPhone 16 Pro Max<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>iPhone 15 Pro<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>iPhone 15 Pro Max<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After a judge signs the agreement, a settlement website will be created with more information. <\/p>\n<p>\n            <span class=\"text-gradient-fuchsia-secondary\">Mashable Light Speed<\/span>\n        <\/p>\n<h2>How much will qualifying customers receive?<\/h2>\n<p>We&#8217;ve covered a lot of class-action lawsuits recently, and typically, individual payments are less than $50. After attorneys&#8217; fees and administration costs, the $250 million will be divided among qualifying customers.<\/p>\n<p>If you qualify, you will be eligible to receive $25 per device. So, if you purchased four qualifying iPhones as part of a family plan, you could receive payments for multiple devices. In addition, per-device payments &#8220;may decrease or increase up to $95 per device, depending on claim volume and other factors,&#8221; according to a press release from Clarkson Law Firm, one of the firms involved in the&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/apple-class-action-settlement-iphone-models\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple AI lawsuit settlement: Which iPhones are included? https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/apple-class-action-settlement-iphone-models Publish Date: 2026-05-07 18:06:00 Source Domain:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":241383,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/helios-i.mashable.com\/imagery\/articles\/06MjYQo9xAMmPsQfV3AQbla\/hero-image.fill.size_1200x675.v1778108458.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[120],"tags":[74,124],"class_list":["post-241382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iphone","tag-iphone-15","tag-iphone-16"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241382"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241382"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":241384,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241382\/revisions\/241384"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}