YouTube Premium is a paid subscription plan that provides various benefits to users, such as ad-free video playback, the ability to play music and video in the background or in audio-only mode with the display locked, and the option to download videos and music for offline listening. Now, it seems like they are looking to add 4K playback to this list as well.
Users in the US have to pay up to $11.99 per month for this premium plan, with other countries featuring different pricing options based on their local currency value and purchase power. The company claims that at least 50 million users worldwide use this paid model, and they are looking for ways to increase this number in the future. To give you context, this is just a fraction of the 2.1 billion people that use this platform every day.
The company has given no indication whether this is just another test or if this will become a real feature that will be added to their paid plan. However, it still does give an idea of the direction that YouTube is planning to go with its content hosting platform, especially considering how most top-tier creators have already switched to shooting in 4K by default.
