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YouTube may bring a “Premium Lite” subscription: Know what it is


YouTube’s premium subscription model has been popularized with users for an ad-free listening and viewing experience. However, the subscription plans offered by the tech giant may not be effective for all audiences. Therefore, to deliver a balanced and ad-free experience, YouTube is said to be testing a new “Premium Lite” subscription plan that is expected to be cheaper than the standard monthly plan. Know how this new YouTube subscription plan will benefit users.

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YouTube Premium Lite subscription plan

The standard YouTube Premium plan comes with a number of benefits like ad-free viewing, YouTube Music, and background playback. However, in India, work $149 per month for individual monthly users. Therefore, to offer a more affordable option, YouTube is said to be testing a “Premium Lite” subscription plan, which is expected to be cheaper than the standard monthly plan. But there is a catch, unlike the standard subscription, the lite version will only provide an additional free experience and not other benefits like YouTube Music.

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For now, details about YouTube Premium Lite’s pricing and features are still being kept under wraps, so we’ll have to wait for the official rollout to confirm how much users will have to pay. Some rumors also suggest that the cheaper model may come with ads, however, the frequency will be limited or less than the free tier model. It’s worth noting that if the rumors are true, the stable version of the affordable model is expected to be launched in limited areas for testing purposes. As of now, testing is underway in Australia, Germany and Thailand. Hopefully this feature will be rolled out in other countries as well.

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YouTube Premium features

YouTube Premium offers several features to users, including an ad-free viewing experience, downloading videos for offline viewing, playing YouTube Music Premium without ads, Premium controls for playback, quality adjustment amount of videos etc. Therefore, considering the premium model for YouTube may be useful and the Lite model may attract more users to the premium YouTube model.

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