After announcing that YouTube Premium Lite will soon get worse with the addition of advertisement in YouTube Shorts, Google has launched another new YouTube plan.
Called YouTube Premium Duo, it is a plan for two users. Unlike the Lite plan, which includes some ads and limitations, Premium Duo offers the same functionality as the single Premium plan and YouTube Premium Family.
Price-wise, it fits right between the two as well. Subscribers in France, for example, pay 12.99 Euro per month for a single user subscription, 23.99 Euro per month for a up-to-5-users family subscription, and now 19.99 Euro per month for a two user subscription. So, seven Euro more than a single user subscription and four Euro less than a family subscription. That is about 17.50 US-Dollar converted.
YouTube Premium Duo has the same limitation as Premium Family regarding invites. Up to one household member can be invited to use YouTube Premium next to the subscriber. Google notes in the terms that all users need to have the same address and need to join a family group.
According to this post on Reddit, YouTube Premium Duo launched in just four countries and regions: Hong Kong, France, India, and Taiwan.
Here is the price of the Duo subscription in the other regions:
- Hong Kong: 128 Honk Kong Dollar (about 16.30 US-Dollar)
- India: 219 Indian Rupee (about 2.60 US-Dollar)
- Taiwan: 299 Taiwan Dollar (about 10 US-Dollar)
So, for who is the new Duo plan? Couples that watch YouTube individually on different devices? Apartments shared by two? Single parents with a child old enough to watch YouTube with an account?
Now You: what is your take on all the YouTube Premium plans? Are you subscribed to one already? Let me know in the comment section below.