Google has announced it is blow up its pilot of YouTube Premium Lite to the United States , giving users a chance to pay less and still bound off advert on most video content . However , there are plenty of elision . permit ’s plunk in to whether it ’s deserving the savings .
The existingYouTube Premiumfeels expensive , unless you use YouTube Music as your primary music streaming service , where ad - detached access to everything else is a gracious bonus .
However , for everyone else $ 13.99 to get disembarrass of advertizing from across the YouTube weapons platform , access content offline and savour background hearing feels expensive . Hence there ’s a cheaper selection on the way in YouTube Premium Lite , which might be better for those watch over on thebest TVthey have in the menage .
But is it actually worth it ? Let ’s find out .
Premium Lite is much cheaper
Let ’s start with the obvious . YouTube Premium Lite is less expensive than YouTube Premium .
YouTube Premium be $ 13.99 per calendar month ( or $ 139.99 a year ) , while YouTube Premium will cost $ 7.99 per month . Right now Google is n’t extend a Premium Lite annual subscription ( perhaps because it ’s only a pilot ) , but it works out at $ 95.88 when yield monthly .
Premium Lite haslessads
YouTube Premium gets rid of all advert you ’ll experience across YouTube videos as well as offering advert - gratis access code to YouTube Music .
Premium Lite get down you entree to “ most ” videos on YouTube without ads . It ’s “ for those viewers who want to watch most videos ad - gratuitous – whether it ’s play , clowning , cookery or learning , ” the stream giant says in ablog post .
Premium Lite isn’t suitable for music fans
Personally , I bonk to have a few beer on a Friday nighttime and just let the YouTube algorithm show me live music performances and medicine videos . For this reason Premium Lite is n’t going to form for me , because ads are still going to show for music content .
Ads when you search, and in Shorts
From YouTube ’s phrasing it seems that if you ’re get at videos from your subscriptions or good word you ’ll be able to ward off ads . If you ’re transmit a radio link , likewise . However , if you ’re using the app to search or generally browsing , you might still see ads . Oh and you ’ll still see ads in YouTube Shorts too .
No downloads or background play
If you opt to save $ 6 with Premium Lite you ’ll lose two of the best Premium features . There ’s no opportunity to download video for offline viewing and you wo n’t be able-bodied to watch or listen to content while doing other thing on your roving machine .
