YouTube has just announced that its new Premium Lite subscription is expanding to India, and it’s also been made available in a few other regions too.
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Besides announcing a new AI Labs program, YouTube is making official the latest Premium features for subscribers today, like faster playback speeds. Most were first previewed at the start of this year.
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YouTube Premium was never supposed to be the tier that rids the site of ads. Instead, it’s an option offered by Google to users who want a trimmed experience for less money than a full Premium experience costs. In a change to some regions, Google reiterates that YouTube Premium Lite is going to start seeing ads in new spots.
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After launching in the US and select other regions earlier this year, YouTube Premium Lite is now expanding to a few more countries – here’s the full list.
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YouTube is continuing to remove grandfathered pricing for its Premium subscription service.
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Following reports last month, YouTube Premium Lite has just launched for $7.99/month in the US and promises to make “most” videos ad-free.
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After testing in recent months, Google is reportedly proceeding with the launch of a YouTube Premium Lite subscription plan that has no music.
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It’s not the dream of a full bundle, but some Google One subscribers will soon get a discount on YouTube Premium in the US. Meanwhile, YouTube is starting to test a handful of new features that subscribers can opt-in to.
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Some YouTube Premium subscribers are getting promo codes that discount the Pixel 9 series by $100. Notably, this can be combined with an existing Google Store sale.
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YouTube Premium is one of a mountain of subscription plans for streaming services, but it’s for the biggest video-sharing platform on the planet – do you think it’s worth it?
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Beginning in 2023, Google started raising the price of YouTube Premium. Most saw the increase immediately, but there were some exceptions. The early adopter (grandfathered) price for what’s now YouTube Premium is going away soon.
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YouTube Premium is pricey, but Google is slowly starting to expand a “Premium Lite” plan to more countries with a price that’s roughly half off.
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In addition to announcing the latest features for Premium subscribers today, YouTube shared updates on top feature requests.
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YouTube is announcing the latest Premium features today for subscribers like Jump Ahead and Shorts Picture-in-Picture.
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Google appears to be cracking down and canceling cheap YouTube Premium memberships obtained via a VPN service.
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Over the past month or so, YouTube has been testing a new desktop design that most users don’t seem to like. Now, YouTube is giving its Premium subscribers a chance to test the redesign themselves.
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Verizon introduced “myPlan” last year to let you pick and choose plan features/perks, and an update today adds YouTube Premium at a discount.
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Back in March, YouTube started testing “Jump ahead” and is now making it more widely available through youtube.com/new for Premium subscribers.
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YouTube is consistently rolling out new features to a small set of users before they become widely available, known as “experiments.” The latest one called “jump ahead” skips to the best parts of a YouTube video for you.
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The service people most want from Google One is YouTube Premium. That is the holy grail for a Google subscription and calls for it will only increase now that Nest Aware and Fitbit Premium are coming — starting in the UK — at no extra cost.
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YouTube announced today that Music and Premium has 100 million subscribers. It follows Sundar Pichai revealing that Google One was about to reach the same milestone.
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Google is bringing the YouTube Music Premium and YouTube Premium subscriptions to 10 more countries/regions for a grand total of 110 locations.
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Aggressive Pixel 8 and 8 Pro sales that reward existing users of Google services continue today with a further $125 off the phones if you’re a YouTube Premium member.
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YouTube in July announced the US price increase for Premium, but grandfathered accounts got to keep the old rate for a few more months. According to an email today, that’s now set to change in January.
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