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YouTube Premium Gets 5 New Features for Subscribers to Try

Kellen January 22, 2025 6

YouTube Premium subscribers, would you like some new experimental features to play with? Google announced today that it is adding several for you to toggle on, although a couple are only for iOS users. Still, there's some good stuff here for audio nerds,...

YouTube Premium Adds a Sleep Timer

Kellen August 9, 2024 6

So many of us consume YouTube at night, often before we doze off into sweet dreams of the Pixel 9 Pro in hand. Wait...you don't...do that too? Mmmmmkay. Awkard. For those of you who do watch YouTube late at night and dream of whatever slips into your mind,...

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...