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Grandfathered YouTube Premium Subscribers Rate Increase Set for January

Tim December 8, 2023 17

Many of us around these parts are continuing to cling tightly to our $7.99/month YouTube Premium subscriptions. This price dates back to the Google Play Music and YouTube Red days, but alas, it appears our time has finally come. In an email reported to be sent...

YouTube “Playables” Arrive for Premium as Games You Can Play on YouTube

Kellen November 24, 2023 7

YouTube Premium's benefits expanded this holiday week with the addition of Playables into the app. Playables, as the name sort of suggests, are playable items/games within YouTube that are free of cost (for now) and could bring you simple entertainment on both...

YouTube Premium Got a Bunch of New Features: AI, Enhanced Bitrate on Android, More

Kellen November 15, 2023 11

As YouTube Premium's price continues to increase, Google is at least trying to convince us all that new features could still show up from time to time, making the subscription (outside of the ad-free experience) worth it . Today, YouTube confirmed a couple of...

YouTube Premium’s Enhanced 1080p Option Available on Desktop

Tim August 7, 2023 10

YouTube has been slowly rolling out its Premium subscription's benefit of enhanced 1080p streaming, with official launch for iOS happening back in April, then a few Android and Google TV devices seeing it in June. This month, desktop users are seeing the "...

YouTube Premium Individual Plans Get a Price Increase

Kellen July 20, 2023 37

It's a Thursday, so a subscription streaming service is increasing prices. A couple of days ago it was Peacock - now it's YouTube. Yes, YouTube Premium is seeing another increase in price, only this time it's for individual plans. Oh, YouTube Music Premium is...

YouTube Gets 5 New Features for Premium Members

Kellen April 10, 2023 19

After increasing the price of YouTube Premium for almost everyone, Google is at least trying to show you why that subscription might still be worth it with a handful of new features. From queuing up videos on mobile to watching videos together or having your...

Google Reminds Us That Our YouTube Premium Family Price is Going Up

Kellen March 2, 2023 45

With only a month to go, YouTube casually reminded everyone today that their YouTube Premium family plan's price is increasing in April. You've got one final month at that old, wonderfully reasonable price, my friends. Back in October of last year, Google...

10 Years Later, Who Still Has the $7.99/Month Google Play Music Subscription?

Tim January 17, 2023 106

I was looking over my current Google subscriptions and happened upon my favorite of them -- my $7.99/month subscription to YouTube Premium. I went to look how long I've had that subscription and wouldn't you know it, it's been active for nearly 10 years. I can...