Verizon Doubles 4G Data in Unlimited Plans, Cuts Monthly Smartwatch Fee

Verizon, which lowered smartwatch plan pricing earlier this week to coincide with Friday's release of Apple Watch Series 6 (see 2009150060), expanded connected device options in its Unlimited Plus wireless plan to support the growing number of connected devices, it said Thursday. Customers can add Unlimited Plus to their existing wireless plan for $30 monthly, and existing customers can upgrade their current unlimited connected device plan for $10 more monthly. In addition to unlimited 5G, the new plan includes 30 GB of premium 4G LTE data, up from 15 GB in standard Unlimited Plus, said Verizon, pitching the plan toward households’ increased Wi-Fi needs for remote learning or work. Unlimited data plans for tablets and hotspots are $20 monthly. Hotspot, laptop and tablet users get 50GB of mobile hotspot data on the 5G network monthly, then 3 Mbps for the rest of the month after exceeding allowance. Earlier this week, Verizon lowered existing smartwatch plan pricing to $10 monthly, including 15 GB premium data, for stand-alone or NumberShare plans.