YouTube Premium — the ad-free ache subscription service supplied by the Google-owned platform — has obtained a worth hike in India. With this alteration, all subscription plans together with particular person, household and pupil, are actually significantly dearer. Whereas the hike is minor for some plans, others value considerably greater than their unique costs. It’s presently unclear whether or not the streaming service will provide a grace interval for present subscribers earlier than they have to pay the brand new month-to-month subscription.
Notably, with YouTube Premium, subscribers get advantages akin to ad-free streaming of movies, the flexibility to observe movies or hearken to music within the background, picture-in-picture (PiP) mode, and enhanced high-definition video streaming.
YouTube Premium Worth Hike in India Introduced
The brand new YouTube Premium costs are already stay on the corporate’s web site. It impacts each pay as you go and recurring subscription plans. The recurring Particular person plan, which lets customers stream YouTube content material for a single consumer, now prices Rs. 149 per thirty days in comparison with its earlier worth of Rs. 129 per thirty days.
In the meantime, customers who’ve opted for the Household plan will now must shell out Rs. 299 per thirty days. This plan, which supplies as much as 5 customers entry to YouTube Premium, was beforehand priced at Rs. 189.
Even after the worth hike, YouTube Premium’s Scholar plan stays the most cost effective approach to watch ad-free movies. Nonetheless, it has additionally obtained a minor worth revision from Rs. 79 per thirty days to Rs. 89 per thirty days.
Costs of the pay as you go plans have additionally been revised equally. Notably, pay as you go YouTube Premium subscriptions don’t routinely renew. All of the YouTube Premium plans and their revised costs are listed under:
| Plan | Previous Worth (In Rs.) | Revised Worth (In Rs.) | Enhance (In Rs.) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scholar (Month-to-month) | 79 | 89 | 10 |
| Particular person (Month-to-month) | 129 | 149 | 20 |
| Household (Month-to-month) | 189 | 299 | 110 |
| Particular person (Pay as you go – Month-to-month) | 139 | 159 | 20 |
| Particular person (Pay as you go – Quarterly) | 399 | 459 | 60 |
| Particular person (Pay as you go – Annual) | 1290 | 1490 | 200 |
New customers can go for a one-month trial of both an Particular person, Household or Scholar YouTube Premium plan to expertise all its advantages earlier than enrolling within the streaming service, after which they should pay the revised costs for YouTube Premium.
