YouTube, Google’s video streaming platform, hiked costs on its month-to-month and annual premium plans in the USA for the primary time because the subscription service was launched in 2018.
The YouTube Premium plan would price $13.99 a month within the U.S., up $2 from earlier than, in keeping with the corporate’s web site on Thursday. The worth for its annual plan was hiked by $20 to $139.99.
Members who subscribed 5 years in the past, together with those that signed up initially by way of Google Play, would get three extra months of subscription on the previous value, in keeping with YouTube.
YouTube had in April launched new options for its premium customers together with letting them host Google Meet periods to look at movies on the platform along with different customers.
It has additionally hiked costs for YouTube Music by $1 to $10.99 within the U.S. The transfer follows comparable value will increase by Amazon Music, Apple Music and Tidal.
