now ad-free youtube subscription by google

its launching in 7 countrys

Google has announced today that it is launching a paid YouTube music service that will allow viewers to watch videos without ads and save videos to watch offline.

YouTube Music Key will begin to roll out from today in invite-only beta and will provide testers with six months of free listening and watching. A full launch is scheduled for six months' time, at which point the service will open up to everyone. Google will charge former beta users £7.99 per month and everyone else will pay £9.99 to subscribe to the service.

A subscription to Music Key also includes a subscription to Google Play Music, Google's music-streaming service, which has over 30 million songs. For the time being at least the two will co-exist alongside one another, overlapping in some ways but ultimately remaining as two separate services. This will give users access to a massive library of videos, as well as music -- a unique feature that no other music streaming subscription can offer.

As well as music videos, users will be able to access other album tracks, for which there are no videos -- these will appear alongside a still picture. YouTube is determined to help you access a more diverse range of music than just studio-recorded tracks, however. It will also be including covers, remixes, live versions and other music-related content as part of the service's remit.

Both playlists and individual videos can be saved for offline viewing and can be played in the background whether you are using your device for other tasks or not using it at all. Discoverability has been improved too, so that now when you search for an artist you will see be able to peruse their full discography and related content.

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We had a quick look at YouTube Music Key on an Android tablet and were impressed with the revamped controls, which means you can hover over the video to fast-forward and rewind, as well as stick videos on repeat and shuffle playlists. Another Android-only feature is the ability to access a pull-down mini player from the top of the page, meaning you don't have to go back into the app every time you want to change song.

Some new features designed to complement YouTube Music Key will also be available to non-subscribers from today, including a new music tab offering new playlists, trending videos and favourites on the YouTube app homepage. This will apply to users in the seven launch countries, which include the UK.