YouTube’s cheaper subscription is getting background play and downloads

YouTube is adding inheritance playback and offline downloads to YouTube Premium Lite, its $7.99-per-month subscription. With the change, you'll beryllium capable to support YouTube videos going portion you usage different app connected your telephone oregon prevention videos to ticker erstwhile you're offline.

YouTube Premium Lite came to the US just astir a twelvemonth ago arsenic a much affordable mode to ticker YouTube with less ads, but it lacked inheritance playback and offline downloads. In its blog post, the institution said that it had "heard feedback astir wanting these further features included successful the service." The features are rolling retired opening Tuesday and volition beryllium disposable everyplace …

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