The company announced that it is launching two new services, YouTube Music and YouTube Premium, next Tuesday in the U.S., Australia, New Zealand, Mexico and South Korea, and then much more widely, including in Canada in the coming weeks. The services replace YouTube Red, its current paid video platform, which is ad-free and hosts the company’s original productions, including Karate Kid spinoff series Cobra Kai. The new YouTube Music subscription service, as seen on Android and iOS phones. YouTube Music will cost $9.99 a month, while YouTube Premium will be $11.99 a month. Article Continued BelowWhile Spotify and Apple Music are often put as the main competitors in the streaming music wars, YouTube has long been competing for people’s ears, and despite its focus on video content, is a huge player in the streaming music world.

Source: thestar May 17, 2018 16:30 UTC