Understand all that Premium has to offer with the Your Premium benefits page
With YouTube Premium, you can watch millions of videos without interruptions by ads before and during a video. You will also not see third-party banner ads and search ads.
You may still see branding or promotions embedded in the content by the creator, as well as promotional links, shelves and features in and around the content that are added or enabled by the creator. These links, shelves and features could be for their website, merchandise, membership to their channel, event tickets, or other related destinations that they are promoting. Ads or promotions may also appear during live events streamed on YouTube, such as sporting events.
Ad-free videos are supported across all devices and platforms with access to YouTube—including on compatible smart TVs/gaming consoles and the YouTube, YouTube Music, and YouTube Kids mobile apps, if they're available in your location.
YouTube Music Premium offers a similar experience, allowing you to enjoy music content in the YouTube Music app without ads.
The YouTube Music app, included with Premium
As part of your YouTube Premium benefits, you can enjoy music on the YouTube Music App ad-free, offline, and on-the-go:
- Enjoy millions of songs, videos, and hard to find content like remixes, covers, and DJ sets without ads.
- Download music offline so you can listen on the go.
- Keep your music playing in the background while you use other apps.
- Switch from audio to video when listening to songs with just a tap.
Download videos and playlists to watch offline when you aren’t connected to the internet. You can download videos to watch offline using the YouTube app, download songs to listen to offline using the YouTube Music app, and watch auto-downloaded videos in the YouTube Kids app.
With Smart Downloads, recommended content is automatically added to your library to watch or listen to offline. Enjoy videos on-the-go and discover new content without the hassle of searching. Learn how to manage or turn off your Smart Downloads.
Available on: YouTube Premium, YouTube Music Premium.
Play videos on your mobile device while using other apps or when your screen is off. Background play is available on YouTube, YouTube Music, and YouTube Kids mobile apps (if these apps are available in your location) when you're signed in with your YouTube Premium membership account.
Customize or turn off background play
Background Play is available on YouTube mobile apps when you’re signed in with your YouTube Premium membership account. By default, videos will always play in the background. Background play is not available on the YouTube Shorts player.
To change or turn off background play:
- Go to Settings
.
- Select Background Play under "Background & Downloads."
- Make your selection:
- Always on: Videos will always play in the background (default setting).
- Off: Videos will never play in the background.
- Headphones or external speakers: Videos will only play in the background if your device is connected to headphones, speakers, or an external audio output.
Picture-in-Picture (PiP)
Picture-in-picture (PiP) lets you watch videos while using other apps on your mobile device. You can use PiP to watch all videos with a YouTube Premium membership. If you don't have YouTube Premium and you're in the U.S., you can still use PiP except on certain content such as music videos.
Learn more about how to use picture-in-picture on your mobile device.
With your Premium membership, you can continue watching videos right where you left off for an uninterrupted viewing experience.
If you stop watching a video, we’ll save your spot so that you can resume watching videos across multiple devices.
Available on: YouTube Premium.Modify playback with Premium controls
With a Premium membership, you can multi-task and enjoy videos at your own speed with Premium controls. Skip through content, change your playback speed, and more.
How to play a video at speeds above 2x as a Premium member
To access Premium controls from the YouTube mobile app:
- Open a video from a signed-in YouTube Premium account.
- Tap Settings
- Tap Additional settings.
- Select Premium controls.
Your video will open the large controls menu, where you can:
- Play, pause, or skip between videos.
- Skip forward/back within videos +/- 10 seconds.
- Like a video.
- Save a video for later.
- Change your playback speed.
- Turn stable volume on or off.
Premium controls are available on Android, iPhone, and tablets, but are not yet available on desktop.
Available on: YouTube Premium, YouTube Music Premium.
Queue videos on mobile devices and tablets
Set up videos to watch next without interrupting the video you’re watching. For YouTube Premium members on Android, recommended videos can be instantly added to your queued videos to help you easily discover new content to watch next without spending time and effort to search. You can also manually queue your own selections on mobile devices and tablets. Find out more information on how here.
Available on: YouTube Premium.
Change your video quality
With YouTube Premium, you can watch videos in 1080p Premium.
1080p Premium is an enhanced bitrate version of 1080p. An enhanced bitrate provides more information per pixel, resulting in a higher quality viewing experience. Videos are only eligible for an enhanced bitrate if they were uploaded in 1080p. You won’t find the 1080p Premium option for:
- Live Streams
- Shorts
- Videos uploaded at resolutions higher or lower than 1080p
To give you the best viewing experience, YouTube changes the quality of your video stream based on your viewing conditions. If you have a Premium membership, your resolution may automatically set to 1080p Premium. You can update your quality settings within the YouTube App.
Available on: YouTube Premium.Change your audio quality
With YouTube Premium, you can enjoy a richer listening experience with audio at 256 kbps when listening to music videos and Art Tracks. To give you the best listening experience, we consider a few factors when delivering high-quality audio for music content:
- Your internet connection speed: A faster connection allows for higher quality audio playback.
- The original upload quality: The audio quality of the original music video or Art Track upload determines the maximum quality available for streaming. For example, if a music video was uploaded with a 128 kbps bitrate, it won't be available in 256 kbps.
High-quality audio is currently available on the YouTube app on Android devices, and on the YouTube Music App. To set your preferred audio quality settings across videos on your mobile device on the YouTube app:
- In the YouTube app
, tap your profile picture
Settings
- Select Quality.
- Go to Audio quality
To change your audio quality settings on the YouTube Music App, learn more here.
Available on: YouTube Premium, YouTube Music Premium.Premium Badges
Badges linked to Premium tenure reward users for their loyalty, whereas Benefit badges reward users for their loyalty. You can earn badges with a longer tenure and by engaging with your Premium benefits (e.g., Afterparty, YouTube Music, Continue Watching). Premium family members are also eligible to earn badges. They are currently available to users 18+.
You can find your Premium badges on the Your Premium benefits page on your YouTube account.
To find your Premium badges:
- Open the YouTube app.
- Go to your homepage.
- Tap on your profile icon.
- Click Your Premium Benefits.
- Scroll down the page to view your Premium badges.
By clicking any locked badges, you can get more details on how to earn that badge.
Notes:
- Pausing watch history will prevent users from earning badges related to Your Premium benefits (e.g., Afterparty, YouTube Music, Continue Watch).
- Resetting watch history will remove previously earned badges related to Your Premium benefits.
- Canceling Premium means users no longer have access to the Your Premium benefits page where the badges are stored.
- Signing back up for Premium, enables users to see previously earned badges.
Jump ahead
Premium Jump ahead gives you the ability to get to the content you care about faster. Clicking the Jump Ahead button will take you to the next point in the video most users fast forward to.
The Jump Ahead feature is available on Web when you:
- Double-click to fast forward
- Hover the mouse over the progress bar
- Use the keyboard shortcut Select Option key + right arrow (macOS) and Ctrl key + right arrow (Windows)
The Jump Ahead feature is available on Mobile when you:
- Double-tap to fast forward
- Click and hold anywhere on the video to fast forward
The Jump Ahead feature is available on smart TVs, streaming devices, and game consoles when you:
- Press the right arrow on your remote. You may see a dot appear on the progress bar that indicates the next point in the video most users fast forward to.
- Press the right arrow again on your remote to fast forward to that point
- Select "Enter" or "OK" to confirm and continue watching
Other Premium benefits
As a YouTube Premium member, you’ll have access to other members-only features, including:
- Afterparties & live chat
- Smart device integration
- Smart downloads
- Co-Watch with Google Meet
- Special offers and early access to new features
- Get more information on YouTube Premium and our paid memberships.
- Learn how your YouTube Premium membership helps to support YouTube creators.
- Update to the latest version of the YouTube app to make sure you have access to YouTube Premium benefits.
Sign up to enjoy Premium benefits
To enjoy Premium benefits, sign up at youtube.com/premium/inapp.
How to get YouTube Premium or YouTube Music Premium
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