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YouTube Music, which will be launched on May
22, comes with extra features like personalized playlists based
on individual's YouTube history and other usage patterns,
YouTube, owned by Alphabet Inc's Google, said.
The video streaming company said it will also launch YouTube
Premium, the revamped YouTube Red subscription service.
The new ad-supported version of YouTube Music will be available
for free, while YouTube Music Premium, a paid membership without
advertisements, will be available at $9.99 a month, YouTube said
in a blog post. https://bit.ly/22KeLVl
YouTube plans to charge $2 more for its premium service, as it
includes YouTube Music service along with its original shows.
YouTube Premium will be charged at $11.99 for all new members,
the company said.
"YouTube Premium includes ad-free, background and offline across
all of YouTube, as well as access to all YouTube Originals
including Cobra Kai, Step Up: High Water and Youth &
Consequences," YouTube said.
For existing YouTube Red members, the current price will
continue for YouTube Premium, it said.
YouTube Music will be launched in the United States, Australia,
New Zealand, Mexico and South Korea on Tuesday. It will be
expanded to some other countries in the following weeks.
Recode earlier reported the launch plan.
(Reporting by Shubham Kalia in Bengaluru; Editing by Gopakumar
Warrier)
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