YouTube Music
YouTube Music collectively offers a huge variety of songs, albums, playlists, radio etc along with a wide catalog of remixes, live performances, covers, etc personalized, at a single place. All these features will be available in the Free plan, with a Paid membership – YouTube Music Premium, that specifically allows ad-free music experience, with the ability to play music in the background, and download songs offline, starting at Rs 99 per month.
YouTube Music Features
Some of the highlighting features of YouTube Music include-
Access to official songs, albums, singles, live performances, covers etc in addition to music videos. Personalised home page, filled with recommendations based on your previous music listening preferences. Various playlists across various genres, moods, activity, and language, to allow you to discover new songs. Smart search, which allows you to search for a song you don’t remember, using some part of the lyrics. Dedicated hotlist section that shows the current trending hot songs, so you don’t miss out on them. An Offline Mixtape, created by downloading up to 100 of your favorite songs using your mobile data, in case you forget to do so.
The YouTube Music app is available on both, Android and iOS, and can be downloaded off their respective App Stores. The plans start at Rs 99, with all existing Google Play Music subscribers getting YouTube Music Premium membership as part of their subscription each month. Additionally, YouTube is also offering a special introductory offer of 3 months of free YouTube Music Premium, so go ahead and try the service for yourself.
YouTube Premium
YouTube has also officially launched its premium YouTube service, which it calls, YouTube Premium. The service essentially allows users access to ad-free, offline viewing experience across different YouTube, YouTube Music, YouTube Gaming, and YouTube Kids. The service starts at Rs 129 a month and includes membership to YouTube Music Premium, ad-free experience, with the ability to play videos in the background and download them offline on YouTube, along with exclusive access to YouTube Originals.