Good news for all, YouTube Premium and YouTube Music Premium are now going to be available to the Indian users under new prepaid plans.
YouTube Premium, which came to India in March, along with YouTube Music, brought ad-free streaming, background playback, offline availability of videos and access to YouTube originals, all for a starting price of Rs 129 a month for Premium, and Rs 99 a month for Music Premium.
Google India recently announced that these services can now be purchased with new prepaid plans. Now all these plans will be available in a one-month or a three-month configuration and can be activated to get all the benefits of the paid subscription. If a user wants to extend his/her subscription, additional top-up packs of 1 or 3 months can also be purchased.
Notably, the prepaid plan for a month is priced at Rs 139, which is just Rs 10 more than the conventional subscription model and does away with the need for a credit card and monthly billing.
Google expects these new payment plans to offer more flexibility to the Indian market, thus increasing its user base. Music subscribers are also offered an option to upgrade to YouTube Premium.
Previously, if a user wanted to access these paid services, they would have to purchase the Premium subscription, and then pay recurring amounts at regular intervals to continue enjoying these services.
