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The beta version of the service is currently
being tested and is available by invitation, Kyncl said at the
conference in California, according to a company spokeswoman.
"There is a subset of audience who wants more things so they are
used to paying for those. We don't think it changes anything for
existing users," Kyncl said.
Google said in November the subscription for the ad-free service
will start at $7.99 per month and will allow users to watch
videos offline and listen to music while other apps are working.
The plan would represent a significant change for the world's
No. 1 online video, whose free videos, often accompanied by
short commercials, attract more than 1 billion users a month.
(Reporting by Abhirup Roy and Supriya Kurane in Bengaluru;
Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila)
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