YouTube Premium Lite: $7.99 Ad-Free Videos

YouTube launches Premium Lite: $7.99/month for ad-free videos (excluding music). Learn about this new, budget-friendly subscription tier.
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YouTube Premium Lite: $7.99 Ad-Free Videos
YouTube on Wednesday announced a new premium subscription tier called Premium Lite, which will users to watch “most” videos ad-free for $7.99 per month. With YouTube Lite, customers will be able to watch videos across verticals like gaming, fashion, beauty, cooking, news, and more, ad-free, but will be shown ads on music content and music videos. Image Credits:Olly Curtis/Future / Getty Images As an entry-level subscription, the new tier won’t offer several benefits in the full YouTube Premium ($13.99 per month) subscription like downloads, background play, or the ability to watch music videos ad-free. The addition to YouTube’s subscription lineup was leaked last month by Bloomberg. It’s been piloted in Thailand, Germany, and Australia, YouTube says, and will now be open to users in the U.S. The subscription will also be offered to all users in the pilot markets in the weeks ahead. YouTube says it will expand Premium Lite to more markets over the coming months, initially as pilots. The exp…