YouTube Red launching next week to offer ad-free videos for $9.99 per month
It's finally time to put your money where your mouth is as Google has announced it's launching an ad-free YouTube service next week, called YouTube Red.
Google has announced it will be launching an ad-free version of YouTube, which it’s calling YouTube Red, starting next week for $9.99 a month.
YouTube Red will allow users of the video-streaming service to enjoy all of the content they like without any ads. The new service also gives users the ability to save videos to watch offline on their phone or tablet and play videos in the background, which will be helpful for those who tend to use the service to listen to their favorite music.
The YouTube Red service will extend across devices and anywhere else users log into YouTube, and also includes ad-free viewing on the YouTube Gaming app, the upcoming YouTube Music app, and Google Play Music. While YouTube Kids isn't mentioned, we're sure the app will also offer ad-free viewing with a Red subscription.
The YouTube Red service will give access to new, original programming and films from YouTube’s biggest creators starting early next year.
YouTube original won’t be affected by the YouTube Red service as Google plans on continuing offering it free of charge, although they’ll still display the occasional ad from time to time.
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replyDaniel Perez posted a new article, YouTube Red launching next week to offer ad-free videos for $9.99 per month
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I'm not sure if they'll be happy or sad about this. Probably happy due to accidental page visits.
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Brilliant name, no one is ever going to confuse it with redtube.
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Surely they will buy the Redtube.
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Thanks, Google Alphabet for making Shacknews Mercury Beta appear cheap :)
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Wait it comes with Google Music? That's fairly compelling.
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I would happily pay $10/mo of this were something that was across a bunch of Google products and provides value outside of just YouTube. As it is though, that's pricey for a service I only use casually.
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You get Google Music sub too. Which if you got in early like me is $8/mo. It's $10/mo now.
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Adding google music in there is brilliant. Google Music is pretty solid and I was on the fence about subbing. This may put me over.
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So it's good? I'm currently using Spotify with no complaints. But if I can get a similar service + no ads on YouTube, I just might switch.
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I used it for 3 months with a trial. It was super easy to use and the radio was pretty solid. I like spotify user playlists a lot and I felt that Google music was missing that though.
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I like it better
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You too bread
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yay!!!!
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I'll totally be checking this out.
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I was thinking the same, but I assume this would apply to anywhere I'm logged in to my YouTube account? No more ads on my Roku, on my Android phone, etc. That's pretty enticing.
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I do most of my youtube viewing on the ipad. Have a solution?
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Completely sold if they allow me to download videos automatically based on user.
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You can already download videos more or less for free:
https://www.4kdownload.com/products/product-videodownloader
I ended up paying for it because it's so useful but you can use it for free minus paid features.-
Does it let me have it auto download videos once posted without intervention? Not seeing that feature on their site.
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This one you just paste a link to a YouTube (or Vimeo or other sites) and get a prompt to pick 4K, 1080p, 720p, 480p, or whatever is available and it downloads them as a video file you'll have on your hard drive that you can play using a media player, import to your iPad/iPhone or Android Tablet/phone, or stream from a media server to say a Chromecast. The YouTube videos are mp4 format too. If that video ever gets take down, at least you'll have your offline copy.
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Nm, see the feature, will check it out.. Will still probably sub so I don't have to watch ads when watching live on my roku.
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Interesting, I was wishing on offline video and the ability to play in the background this morning.... so I was going to ask about it but found the answer here: http://youtube-global.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/red.html If you already have Google Music, you automatically get Youtube Red, which I think is awesome.
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Agreed. $60/year for Shacknews on the other hand... :)
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Haha, classic thread.
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It includes Google Music, or whatever they call it.
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Google Play Music All Access Origins
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I wonder if is is included in existing google music subscriptions
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Besides the nice addition of a Google Music sub, I would've liked to see 1080p+ have higher bitrate, too. That would've been nice.
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The 4k Video Downloader allows you to download videos, audio and subtitles from YouTube in high quality and as much as your computer and connection allow. https://productscrack.com/4k-video-downloader-license-key/
