YouTube Music and YouTube Premium launched in 17 countries on 18th June 2018. Both services are available in the US, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Austria, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Russia, Spain, Sweden and the UK. In South Korea there is only a YouTube Premium subscription available which will be at the current price of YouTube Red.
Apps for iOs and Android are available from the Play Store and App Store. A new web player can also be found at music.youtube.com.
YouTube Music Features
- Music videos, official albums, singles, remixes, live performances, covers and hard-to-find music you can only get on YouTube.
- Recommendations built for you. A home screen that dynamically adapts to provide recommendations based on the artists and songs you’ve played before
- Thousands of playlists across any genre, mood or activity.
- Smart search to help with music discovery even if you can only remember partial details
- Videos with a dedicated video Hotlist screen
YouTube Music subscriptions in the UK are £9.99 per month and a Family Plan giving access for another 5 family members will cost £14.99 per month. For US prices replace the £ with a $.
YouTube Premium Features
All the YouTube Music benefits plus:
- Ad-free listening and downloads
- Offline Mixtape automatically downloads songs you love just in case you forgot to.
YouTube Premium subscriptions in the UK are £11.99 per month and a Family Plan giving access for another 5 family members will cost £17.99 per month. For US prices replace the £ with a $.
Existing YouTube Red and Google Play Music members (including family plans) in the US, Australia, New Zealand, and Mexico will automatically receive access to YouTube Premium at their current price. Google Play Music subscribers in all other countries will automatically receive access to YouTube Music Premium at their current price as it becomes available there. Nothing is changing with Google Play Music – users will still be able to access all of their purchased music, uploads and playlists in Google Play Music as they do currently.
