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YouTube Premium Lite Gets Background Play and Downloads

Kellen February 24, 2026 6

YouTube has multiple options for its Premium subscription service that takes away the ads and provides additional features not found in a free YouTube experience. There are tiers for individuals, families, and students, but they also offer a Premium Lite...

YouTube TV Gets Flexible, Intros Sports Plan for $65/Mo and More

Tim February 9, 2026 22

YouTube TV is becoming more flexible for subscribers, allowing you to essentially pick and choose what your money gets you. A YouTube TV plan is currently $82.99/mo for 100+ networks across genres. In the coming weeks, YouTube TV will introduce 10+ plans...

YouTube Music Lyrics Feature Now Behind Premium Paywall

Tim February 9, 2026 8

Bad news, non-Premium subscribers who use YouTube Music -- the lyrics tab is officially behind a paywall. The feature, if you haven't used it before, has the lyrics scroll automatically as the song plays for you. It's helpful if you're jamming some karaoke or...

YouTube Premium Kicking 40% Off Pixel 10 for Subscribers

Kellen December 17, 2025 13

Google is pulling out all of the promos from several services to try and get you to buy one of their new Pixel 10 series phones. We saw the Google Play $200-off deal earlier in the week that stacked on top of their current holiday offers, and now, we're seeing...

YouTube TV Will Offer 10 Genre-Specific Plans in 2026

Tim December 10, 2025 18

More choice and more flexibility. That's what everyone has been clamoring for lately. If you'll recall, YouTube TV used to be a single package, priced at $35/month. It was simple times. Now, YouTube TV costs $82.99/mo before add-ons and we have found that many...

YouTube Gets Big Thumbnails, AI Video Resolution Upgrades

Tim October 29, 2025 3

YouTube is introducing new features for both creators and viewers on the big screen. For the creators among us, YouTube is expanding the thumbnail file size limit from 2MB to 50MB, which is a massive difference. In turn, this will let thumbnails look as good...

YouTube Will Let You Set a Limit on How Many Shorts You Can Watch

Kellen October 22, 2025 5

YouTube is clearly aware of how addicting it can be to scroll through a never-ending list of short-form videos on its platform. To prevent your life from being taken over by Shorts, they are pushing out a new option to set a daily limit on how long you can...

YouTube Music Could Soon Let You Translate Song Lyrics

Tim October 6, 2025 4

A long-time requested feature for YouTube Music is the ability to translate song lyrics from within the app. Why this feature isn't already available, we have no idea, but signs are pointing to it finally becoming a reality. Shown to be in very early testing...