YouTube wants to add more and more users to its platform. In such a situation, YouTube is preparing to launch a premium lite subscription plan. The price of this plan can be half as compared to YouTube Premium plan. This plan is being tested by YouTube. According to the report, YouTube Premium Lite plan can be offered in India for around Rs 75.When will it be launched in India
At present, there is no exact information about whether YouTube Premium Lite plan will be launched in India or not. However, currently YouTube Premium plan is available in select countries like Germany, Thailand and Australia. In this plan, the facility of YouTube music, background play and offline download is available. Also users can access premium features. Also, ad free service will be available in it. This plan can prove to be great for those users who do not want to watch advertisements.
What will be different in YouTube Premium Lite?
YouTube Premium Lite plan will have less features than YouTube Premium. Although the ad-free service will be offered as before, the features that will be cut include ads appearing in music content and short videos. Users will not be able to enjoy ad-free streaming on YouTube Music. Also, users will not get the facility of offline download in the Lite subscription plan. Apart from this, access to features like background play will not be given.
Since when is the testing happening?
YouTube started premium lite subscription testing from the European market in the year 2021. However, this feature was not rolled out until later. Although now there is an attempt to start YouTube Premium Lite service again, but the question is whether users will take YouTube subscription plan only to watch long term videos ad free.