#YouTube Premium

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YouTube’s Latest Feature Lets You Share Ad-Free Videos with Friends

Anshuman Jain

6 days ago

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YouTube is testing a new feature to let Premium users share ad-free video links with friends. You will be able to send up to 10 ad free videos in a month, and it works with most video content on the site. The feature is available with limited Premium users in certain regions only as of now.

YouTube’s Cheaper Ad-Free Premium Lite Plan Finally Expands to the US

Anshuman Jain

4 weeks ago

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YouTube Premium Lite is now available in the US, priced at $7.99/month. This cheaper plan offers ad-free videos for creator-made content, excluding music and other features. The pilot program aims to expand to more regions including Thailand, Germany, and Australia. It's designed for die-hard YouTube fans who want ad-free content without a music service.

YouTube Premium Gets a Price Hike in India; Check out the New Prices

Abubakar Mohammed

7 months ago

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YouTube Premium prices have been hiked in India. According to the new plan, the monthly Individual, Family, and Student plans will cost Rs 149, Rs 299, and Rs 89. The prices of prepaid individual plans have been hiked with the annual Premium individual plan costing Rs 1,490 from Rs 1,290.

How Much Is YouTube Premium and Is It Worth It?

Abubakar Mohammed

8 months ago

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YouTube Premium offers ad-free video playback with a bunch of really useful features that elevate your video consumption experience, but is it worth paying $13.99 a month for? Features like Continue Playing, Picture-in-picture, Background playback, offline and smart downloads are great. Besides, YouTube Premium also gives you subscription to YouTube Premium, which is a great alternative to Spotify.

YouTube Premium Brings Shorts PiP Support, Jump Ahead & More

Abubakar Mohammed

9 months ago

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YouTube Premium users are getting features like Smart Downloads and Picture-in-picture in Shorts that many users already use when watching long-form content. Besides, the platform is also rolling out Jump Ahead alongside comments summarization and a chatbot to ask questions about videos which are all Premium-exclusive.