A cheaper YouTube Premium plan is coming ‘soon’ for users in the US

If you do not care about downloading videos for offline watching, playing video clips in the background, or the inclusion of YouTube Music, then you would certainly be far better off paying less each month for this less costly plan. Note, nonetheless, that YouTube Premium Lite will still show ads before video.

For a ballpark price quote, however, users in Australia have actually reported seeing Premium Lite used for $8.99 AUD each month versus the $16.99 AUD per month of routine Premium. With YouTube Costs costing $14.99 monthly in the US, Premium Lite can be $6.99 each month.

At the time, Premium Lite was just readily available to a restricted number of users in Australia, Germany, and Thailand. Now, Bloomberg reports (and The Brink verifies) that Google is formally launching YouTube Premium Lite for all individuals in those countries while likewise increasing the subscription option to customers in the United States.

Back in October, we reported that Google was examining out YouTube Premium Lite, a cheaper and stripped-down subscription plan that promised a reduction (but not elimination) in ads, all without the special features in Costs (like video downloads).

When specifically YouTube Costs Lite will be released in the US or exactly how much it will cost, Google hasn’t yet revealed. If you check out the YouTube Costs Lite web page, it presently states “This deal is not readily available.”

While YouTube Costs provides Household and Student plans on top of the Person plan, it’s unidentified whether Costs Lite will use similar accommodations. For recommendation, Costs Family members sustains approximately five users for $22.99 each month while Costs Student is $7.99 monthly for full time students at college organizations.