The YouTube Premium has been launched in Kenya which comes with various advantages that will help you navigate through the service.
YouTube Premium is a paid membership program to help you elevate your experience on YouTube and other YouTube apps. The service is now in Kenya and here’s what you need to know about it.
Some of the advancements that have been made on Premium are exemplary and will enable you to do alot that you couldn’t be able to do with the normal YouTube.
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What You Need To Know About YouTube Premium
- It’s an ad-free package that will help you play videos without ads popping in between.
- It will be a monthly subscription service with a monthly charge. For individuals, it will be Ksh. 500 while for family, it will cost Ksh. 949
- It will be background enabled. It will enable you to play videos in the background unlike the normal YouTube that doesn’t have that capabilities.
- With Premium, you can download your videos to view later.
- You can listen to music and podcasts on Google Home or Chromecast Audio without interruptions unlike the normal YouTube service.
YouTube said that Premium subscribers would also experience other exclusive features such as the ‘Smart Search’. This is to help them discover songs even with partial lyrics. Also incorporated is an ‘Activity Bar’ for quick navigation to playlists and personalised mixes and an ‘Explore Tab’ for new and popular music.
Also, the ‘Related Tab’ in Premium offers a curated music experience based on the current listening choice. ‘Song Lyrics’ will provide an interactive element synchronised with the music.
The YouTube Premium is a good advancement by YouTube to the users although the platform didn’t elaborate how the service will benefit the creators. But to the user, it’s a good bargain considering the pricing and the services offered.