Watching YouTube becomes expensive!

YouTube Premium plans in India: Are you a YouTube Premium member? If yes, then there is bad news for you. Google has increased the price of YouTube Premium plans by up to 58% in India. However, the platform still lets some users claim YouTube Premium for free. This offer is only for new users. Here is everything you need to know.

YouTube Premium plans: New prices

Now YouTube Premium’s student plan has become ₹89 per month and the individual plan has become ₹149 per month. Earlier the student and individual plan were ₹79 and ₹129. The price of family and annual individual plans has increased a lot. The family pack is now ₹299, which was earlier ₹189.

The annual individual prepaid plan is now priced at ₹1,490, up from ₹1,290 earlier. The quarterly individual prepaid plan is now priced at ₹459, while the monthly individual prepaid plan is now priced at ₹159.

YouTube Premium subscription

If you don’t know, YouTube Premium is a service from Google that lets you watch ad-free videos. You also get the YouTube Music app for free, which lets you listen to all kinds of music available on YouTube. This is a great feature as you don’t have to pay extra to listen to music tracks without ads on apps like Spotify and you also don’t face audio missing issues with the YouTube Music app that popular apps like JioSaavn do. The YouTube app has the option to download music, a lyrics section, and all the other basic features you would need in any online music app.

YouTube Premium: How to get it for free?

Those who are already members of YouTube Premium cannot take advantage of this free scheme. If you have multiple YouTube or Google accounts, you will see a banner offering 3 months of free membership. This offer will be visible to those accounts that have never been linked to YouTube Premium.