YouTube Premium has been expanded to 10 new nations. The paid tier of the favored video-streaming large was already obtainable in numerous areas, however Google has now expanded it additional, bringing the whole variety of nations with an choice to buy the subscription to 100. Alongside its fundamental subscription tiers, the tech large has additionally launched its extra inexpensive scholar plans in all of the newly added nations. Notably, this enlargement comes after YouTube Premium crossed 100 million subscribers in February 2024, 9 years after a paid tier on YouTube was first launched.
The geographic enlargement was first noticed by Android Police. The publication discovered that Google just lately up to date the data on its help web page referring to YouTube Premium and added ten new nations to obtainable areas. These areas embrace Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Libya, Morocco, Réunion, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, and Zimbabwe. This brings up the whole variety of nations the place the premium subscription is obtainable to 100, primarily based on the itemizing. At present, solely 99 nations have the service obtainable, because it has been briefly disabled in Russia.
As per the report, all ten nations will get YouTube Premium’s household and scholar plans, alongside the essential particular person plan, permitting an opportunity to get the subscription at a reduced price. The coed plan is obtainable to full-time college students at increased training establishments. Nonetheless, their scholar standing can be yearly verified by a third-party verification service. The household subscription permits customers so as to add as much as 5 members of the family of age 13 or older to affix the Google household group and benefit from a single subscription which is priced barely increased than the person plan.
With the YouTube Premium subscription, customers can get options comparable to limitless ad-free movies, the choice to obtain movies and play them offline, and background play by way of picture-in-picture mode. It additionally bundles the subscription to YouTube Music.
In India, the YouTube Premium subscription begins at Rs. 129 per thirty days upon enabling recurring funds and comes with a two-month free trial. Pay as you go subscriptions begin at Rs. 139 a month. The Household plan has been priced at Rs. 189 a month, whereas the Scholar plan is obtainable on the worth of Rs. 79 a month. Each plans provide a one-month free trial interval.
