YouTube is including new options to its Premium Lite plan. The tier will provide background play and downloads for the principally ad-free plan. The replace comes a 12 months after YouTube first launched the lower-cost plan.
The Premium Lite tier is notable as a result of for $8 per thirty days you get most movies ad-free, emphasis on most. Presently, it nonetheless makes use of advertisements for YouTube music (together with random different movies), however the brand new replace is bringing extra Premium tier options with out the $14 per thirty days price ticket.
As a Lite person, it is possible for you to to make use of background play on most movies. Notably, this announcement comes lower than a month after Google cracked down on free workarounds to entry background play on YouTube. "Background playback is a characteristic supposed to be unique for YouTube Premium members. Whereas some non-Premium customers could have beforehand been capable of entry this by way of cell net browsers in sure situations, we have now up to date the expertise to make sure consistency throughout all our platforms," Google told Android Authority. Now, it's for Premium Lite customers as properly.
YouTube Premium Lite customers are additionally having access to downloads. They will watch — right here it comes once more — most movies offline. These new options will roll out beginning at present and within the coming weeks to Premium Lite subscribers.
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