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  • Want To Play YouTube Videos In Background Without Paying For Premium? Here’s How On iPhones And Android |

    New Delhi: YouTube is incredibly popular in India especially for streaming music and audiobooks. However, one common frustration is that videos pause when you minimize the app or switch to another one. This inconvenience often drives users to consider upgrading to YouTube Premium which offers the handy feature of background playback which lets you continue enjoying content without interruptions.

    Did you know that there’s an easy way to keep YouTube videos playing in the background without spending any money? This tip is particularly useful since Google has recently raised the price of YouTube Premium. Plus, you won’t need any third-party apps to make it work.

    Here’s how to play YouTube videos in the background on Android without premium?

    – Open Google Chrome: Launch the Chrome browser on your phone or tablet.

    – Go to YouTube: Visit the YouTube website on the browser.

    – Switch to Desktop Mode: Tap the three-dot menu in the top right corner and select “Desktop site.”

    – Play Your Video: Open the video you want to watch and let it start playing.

    – Minimize the Browser: Tap the home button to minimize Chrome.

    – Access Notification Panel: Swipe down to open the notification panel.

    – Resume Playback: Click the play button in the playback notification.

    YouTube videos will now play in the background and allow users to use other apps while continuing to enjoy your content.

    Here’s how to play YouTube videos in the background without premium on iOS:

    – Open Google Chrome: Launch Chrome on your iPhone or iPad.

    – Play the Video: Open the video on YouTube and play it in fullscreen.

    – Minimize Chrome: Press the home button or swipe up to minimize the browser.

    – Launch Control Center: Swipe down from the top-right corner of the screen.

    – Resume Playback: Tap the play button in the Control Center to resume the video in the background.

  • YouTube customers could quickly want Premium subscription to stream in 4K

    YouTube has been on the lookout for methods to push its subscription-based premium mannequin on customers for some time now, together with testing a number of (as much as 11) unskippable adverts. A brand new restriction for non-premium customers is certain to make a lot of customers of the platform sad.

    As per a report by TechCrunch, a lot of Twitter and Reddit customers famous that over the weekend, YouTube had been asking non-Premium customers to improve their free plan to stream in 4K.

    As per a screenshot shared by Twitter person Alvin, we are able to see that the 4K possibility comes with a small banner now beneath that claims ‘Premium’, whereas different choices like 1440p (2K) and 1080p (FHD) stay out there for all.

    So, after testing as much as 12 adverts on YouTube for non-Premium customers, now some customers reported that additionally they need to get a Premium account simply to observe movies in 4K. pic.twitter.com/jJodoAxeDp

    — Alvin (@sondesix) October 1, 2022

    While it isn’t clear if the characteristic is simply one thing Google is making an attempt with YouTube or one thing we may really see rollout to all customers, the change is more likely to be an unwelcome one/.

    In Q2 2022, YouTube introduced in $6.87 billion in income, over a billion {dollars} lesser than the projected $7.51 billion expectations Google had. This may very well be one of many causes behind the Premium push.

    In India, the Premium subscription prices Rs 139 monthly with out auto-renewal and Rs 129 monthly with auto-renewal. The latter additionally features a free month. There are additionally quarterly and annual subscription affords which might be priced at Rs 399 and Rs 1290.

    Premium subscribers get no adverts, assist for downloading movies to observe offline (solely from the YouTube app) and assist for PiP (picture-in-picture). Users additionally get entry to YouTube Music as a part of the subscription.

  • Xiaomi to supply free YouTube Premium subscription for these gadgets. Details

    Chinese smartphone maker, Xiaomi, has introduced its partnership with YouTube to supply prolonged free trials of YouTube Premium to eligible customers on choose present gadgets. Eligible prospects will obtain as much as three months of YouTube Premium freed from cost. 

    YouTube Premium advantages embrace a subscription to YouTube Music Premium the place customers can get limitless, ad-free entry to greater than 80 million official songs plus stay performances, covers, and remixes.

    Eligible customers can redeem this YouTube Premium supply on eligible Xiaomi and Redmi merchandise beginning June 6, 2022 which shall be legitimate until January 31, 2023. They can redeem the identical by opening the preloaded YouTube app, and following the directions or by visiting youtube.com/premium. The supply shall be accessible on gadgets which have been activated publish February 1st 2022.

    Anuj Sharma, Chief Marketing Officer, Xiaomi India mentioned “With content consumption on rise with each passing day, we believe that consumers want to experience quality content in an uninterrupted manner. We are happy to partner with YouTube and offer Xiaomi consumers an opportunity to watch their favourite content without any hindrance. We are hopeful that this will be the beginning of a long-standing relationship between YouTube and Xiaomi that will ultimately benefit our users.”

    The smartphone model launched the record of smartphones/pad eligible for this supply. It contains; Xiaomi 12 Pro (for 3 months), Xiaomi 11i, Xiaomi 11i Hypercharge, Xiaomi 11T Pro (3 months), Xiaomi Pad 5 (2 months), and Redmi Note 11 Pro+, Redmi Note 11 Pro, Redmi Note 11, Redmi Note 11T, Redmi Note 11S (2 months).

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  • YouTube launches annual plans for Premium, Music Premium in India. Details right here

    Google has lastly launched annual plans for YouTube Premium and YouTube Music Premium in India to let customers pay upfront for a 12-month non-recurring subscription.

    The firm has additionally launched the plan within the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Russia, Turkey, Germany, Thailand and Japan. 

    This comes years after YouTube had began providing its paid subscription fashions on a month-to-month and quarterly foundation.

    As an introductory supply, Google is presently providing discounted charges on the subscriptions until 23 January. You can get a yearly subscription for YouTube Premium for ₹1,159 and ₹889 for YouTube Music Premium.

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    The quantity that customers must pay as soon as the supply ends is but to be revealed.

    Users will be capable of shift to an annual Premium plan by cancelling their present membership and signing up as recent. Additionally, pay as you go customers will routinely be shifted to the annual plans as soon as the pay as you go plan expires.

    Currently, there aren’t any plans for partial refunds, which suggests it would be best to wait until your present plan expires, after which join an annual subscription.

    It must be famous that fee for the brand new plans has been launched on a pay as you go foundation and is of non-recurring nature. It signifies that the consumer might want to manually buy the subscription as soon as the unique annual plan expires.

    The YouTube Premium annual plans could be signed up for utilizing Android and the Web. However, the corporate is but to supply an in-app sign-up choice for iOS units.

    Google was till now charging ₹129 a month for Premium. The Family Plan which permits for a joint account of 5 members of the family prices ₹189 a month. Students can get month-to-month subscriptions beginning at ₹79 per 30 days, however they must undergo verification yearly.

    YouTube Music Premium month-to-month subscriptions begin at ₹99 per 30 days, whereas household plans begin at ₹149 per 30 days. Students can avail of month-to-month subscriptions at ₹59 per 30 days.

     

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  • YouTube Music to go audio-only for non-premium customers

    YouTube Music is quickly going audio-only without cost customers and can now not play music movies alongside the audio. The platform lately introduced by way of an in depth put up that movies on YouTube Music will quickly develop into unique to YouTube Premium or YouTube Music Premium subscribers.
    Free customers who aren’t subscribed to both of those plans may even miss out on options like on-demand music choice and limitless skips.
    YouTube Music will, nonetheless, proceed to permit free customers to entry devoted temper mixes on the platform. These embrace mixes for exercise and commute with ads. The put up, first noticed by 9to5Google additionally states that if free listeners have uploaded songs on the YouTube Music app, they will proceed to play them anytime, on-demand.

    Here’s an in depth checklist of options free and paid customers will be capable to expertise.
    Free customers:
    Listen to music within the background
    Shuffle play personalised mixes (which might be made only for you!)
    Find the right temper mixes for actions like exercise, commute and extra
    Explore hundreds of thousands of songs & 1000’s of playlists, freed from value
    Premium subscription customers:
    Listen to songs on-demand
    Watch movies on YouTube Music
    Skip tracks a limiteless variety of occasions
    Enjoy YouTube Music with out adverts

    The new modifications are set to roll out first in Canada on November 3 this yr. Following this, we are able to count on the modifications to return to different areas together with India. It stays to be seen what YouTube and YouTube Music’s long run plans are for different areas. More particulars on the identical needs to be revealed by the corporate quickly.