YouTube Red Stories May 17, Abner Li. The revamped YouTube Music and new YouTube Premium were announced last night, but many questions linger ahead of the rolling launch next Tuesday.

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It's a paid-for subscription service that essentially allowed people to watch ad-free YouTube videos, among other things. Here's what you need to know about YouTube Premium, including how it works. YouTube Premium is a paid membership, available in certain countries, that gives you an ad-free, feature-rich offline viewing , and enhanced experience across many of Google's video and music services, like YouTube , YouTube Music , YouTube Gaming , and YouTube Kids. At it's core, YouTube Premium is about removing advertisements. Since Google-owned YouTube makes a lot of its money from ads, it can't really remove them without making you pay up. It also said this goes toward helping artists make money. By allowing the viewer to pay, flitting between videos will no longer require waiting around for ads to finish. That applies to anywhere the paid-for account is signed in. So, if you're logging in on a smart television, you'll be able to watch videos instantly, without interruptions.
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YouTube's subscription service, Red, has been out for a while now. Here's why you might want to sign up. Google's well aware that YouTube is a video powerhouse of viral hits, music videos and unique shows you cannot find anywhere else. Hoping to capitalize on its unstoppable success, Google created YouTube Red , a paid monthly subscription service with several perks that make your viewing experience better. Here's what you should know before you sign up. Editors' note: This story was originally published on February 3, It's a monthly subscription service from YouTube that removes advertisements from all videos, everywhere you watch. It was originally introduced as YouTube Music Key , a service that let you stream music and music videos from YouTube without ads. This does not apply to paid content on YouTube, such as paid channels or TV and movie purchases and rentals. You may still see ads with that content.
Here's basically what's happening: It's getting rid of YouTube Red and splitting that into new services. Customers who currently pay for YouTube Red will get the new YouTube Premium service at the same price they currently pay. The new plan still sounds confusing, so I'm going to break down what Google's doing here. YouTube Premium is Google's new paid all-encompassing ad-free service. The free version of YouTube, with ads, will live on.