can you download via youtube premium on pc How to Upgrade to YouTube Music Premium on PC or Mac. This article was written by Travis Boylls. Travis Boylls is a Technology Writer and Editor for wikiHow. Travis has experience writing technology- related articles, providing software customer service, and in graphic design. He specializes in Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, and Linux platforms. He studied graphic design at Pikes Peak Community College. This article has been viewed 6,619 times. This wikiHow teaches you how to upgrade to YouTube Music Premium on PC and Mac. Premium is YouTube Music's paid subscription-based service. It costs $9.99 a month, or $17.99 a month for a family plan. Premium allows you to listen to music without ads, download music and play it offline, and listen to music in the background on mobile devices. A free 1-month trial is available. You can upgrade to YouTube Music Premium using a web browser on PC or Mac. How to download YouTube videos on Windows with BlueStacks. If you live in certain parts of the world or have a YouTube Premium subscription, you can download YouTube videos within the app so that you can watch them offline. Unfortunately, the same functionality isn’t available on Windows platforms, but you can perform a YouTube download in Windows using BlueStacks. In case you didn’t know, BlueStacks is a popular Android emulator. It allows users to run Android apps on their Windows computers, often with a better level of performance than most phones can manage. But BlueStacks is not the only “app player” you can get. However, it’s popular, easy to use, and free, so it’s the perfect starting point for this workaround. The premise is simple. By running the YouTube Android app on BlueStacks, we can use the download feature as usual. This means you can download those videos on your Windows computer and watch them later. Of course, you need to live in a part of the world where YouTube allows downloading in the app for free or have an active YouTube Premium subscription. How to use the YouTube download feature on Windows with BlueStacks. Download and install BlueStacks Run the BlueStacks installer Perform the initial setup Install YouTube from the Play Store Search for your video Download your video Play the video offline. 1. Download and install BlueStacks. The first thing you’ll want to do is head over to the BlueStacks downloads page. Pick the version that’s right for your computer. In this case, I’m going with the 64-bit version. The download should be quite fast, since this is just a web installer. The installer itself will fetch the rest of the data. 2. Run the BlueStacks installer. After downloading the installer, run it. The rest of the software should download now. At the time of writing it was around a 650 MB download. 3. Perform the initial setup. Just as with a real Android device, the first time you start up BlueStacks, you’ll have to do an initial setup. Just follow the prompts and, when asked, log into your Google Account. 4. Install YouTube from the Play Store. Now that your copy of BlueStacks is ready to roll, you need to install the YouTube App from the Play Store. This works exactly as it does on any Android device. By default, BlueStacks takes you straight to the Play Store the first time you start it up. Open the Play Store, search for YouTube, and then install it. 5. Search for your video. Open the YouTube app in BlueStacks and then search for the video you’d like to download. 6. Download your YouTube video with BlueStacks. To download the video, just click this download button underneath the player window. Remember that you either have to be a YouTube Premium subscriber to have this function enabled. It’s also worth remembering that YouTube Music subscriptions include YouTube Premium as well. You’ll be asked at which quality level you want to download the video, and if you’d like to set this every time, uncheck the box to remember your preferences. 7. Play the video offline. With the video downloaded, you can play it without an internet connection. Simply go to the “Library” section of the app. Then go to “Downloads” and you’ll find the video there. Just click on it to start playback. Other uses for BlueStacks besides a YouTube download. Now that you have BlueStacks installed, there are other cool things you can do with this application. BlueStacks was designed with Android games in mind, but you can also run apps like Instagram (or anything else, really) right there on your Windows PC. On the Android games front, it’s one way to get a bit of an unfair edge against players using touch controls, but we’d never condone that sort of unsportsmanlike behavior. However, having a virtual Android device on your Windows system can turn out to be more useful than you’d think, so why not give it a try? Is YouTube Premium Worth the Cost? 7 Things to Consider. Is YouTube Premium worth it? Here's what the subscription plan offers and whether you should sign up for YouTube Premium. If you love watching videos on YouTube, you might have considered subscribing to YouTube Premium. But is YouTube Premium worth it? Let's take a look at what YouTube Premium offers, what you should know about it, and how to decide if it's worthwhile for you. 1. How Much Is YouTube Premium? YouTube Premium (formerly YouTube Red) costs $11.99 per month, after a one-month free trial. There are also two other plans available for families and students. The Family plan costs $17.99 month and allows you to add up to five other people who live in your household so they get the same benefits. Per YouTube's terms, these people must live at the same address as you. If you're a student who can provide verification, your price is $6.99 per month instead. Whether the cost is worth it or not depends on how many of YouTube Premium's benefits you use. Keep this in mind as we look at them below, especially in relation to what other services like Spotify Premium and Netflix offer. 2. No Ads in YouTube Videos. YouTube Premium's biggest selling point is that it removes advertisements from all videos on YouTube. While there are other ways to avoid ads on YouTube, they aren't officially condoned and deprive creators of revenue. Plus, the lack of ads extends to all platforms, even when you watch on smart TV apps or game consoles. As it turns out, the prevalence of ad-blocking is one of the driving forces behind YouTube Premium. YouTube has long been the king of free videos, but those videos are expensive to host and stream. If people keep blocking ads, YouTube has no choice but to pursue alternative revenue models. We know that advertisements are annoying, especially when you have to sit through a 15-second ad just to watch a 30-second YouTube clip. Want to get rid of them? YouTube Premium lets you do that in a way that helps the service stay in business and supports the creators you watch. YouTube explains that it splits the money received from Premium subscriptions among the channels that those people watch. So by watching your favorite channels with Premium, they're earning money that they would otherwise have to rely on ads for. 3. Full Access to YouTube Originals. Even if watching ads on YouTube doesn't bother you, there are still a handful of other features that could justify the price of YouTube Premium for you. Early on, one of the major perks of YouTube Premium was access to YouTube Originals: a collection of exclusive shows made by YouTube. However, more recently, YouTube opened up access to many YouTube Originals for everyone. Now, free users can watch YouTube Originals content with ads, just like any other video. The company vaguely states that "only select episodes may be available for streaming at a given time," but in our experience, the majority of Originals content is open to all. Being a YouTube Premium member still has some perks in regards to Originals, though. In addition to ad-free access, subscribers can watch all available episodes in a series as soon as it premieres. They also get access to bonus content like deleted scenes and director's cuts. Have a look at the YouTube Originals channel to see what's available. Some videos, marked as Premium , are only available for subscribers. We've collected the best YouTube Originals shows if you're not sure what to watch. 4. YouTube Music Premium Is Included. A YouTube Premium subscription also includes access to YouTube Music Premium. If you're not familiar, YouTube Music is Google's music streaming service. It replaced Google Play Music, which was retired in late 2020. Like Spotify and other music streaming platforms, YouTube Music is available for free. With YouTube Music Premium, you also get ad-free access, the ability to play music in the background, and the option to download music for offline listening. YouTube Music Premium costs $9.99/month on its own, so it adds quite a bit of value to YouTube Premium. If you don't already subscribe to Spotify, Apple Music, or similar, then you can enjoy two types of subscriptions under one umbrella. 5. Video Downloads and Background Play. The above YouTube Premium benefits apply to everywhere you use YouTube. But there are a few perks specifically related to watching on mobile devices. One is that YouTube Premium allows you to download videos to your iPhone or Android phone for offline viewing. This is great for watching videos on the go if you have a limited data plan, as well as enjoying them in places with no connection, like a plane. Image Gallery (2 Images) On YouTube's mobile apps, you also unlock the ability to play videos in the background. Even if you switch to another app or turn your screen off, your video will continue to play. This is handy if you often listen to long YouTube videos where you only care about the audio. Keeping your screen off will preserve battery life on your phone, too. If you have kids, you'll be happy to know that the ad-free and offline access benefits apply to the YouTube Kids app, too. 6. YouTube Premium Is Not YouTube TV. YouTube's paid services have similar names, so it's easy to mix them up. We've noted that YouTube Premium includes YouTube Music Premium, as well as the fact that you can sign up for YouTube Music Premium separately from YouTube Premium. However, you should know that both of these services are different from YouTube TV. YouTube TV is a TV streaming service that allows you to watch live TV channels. It includes DVR and similar features associated with TV streaming. Paying for YouTube Premium does not give access to YouTube TV, and YouTube TV does not include YouTube Premium benefits. However, those who subscribe to YouTube TV do get full access to YouTube Originals as described above. There's one other YouTube subscription separate from Premium: channel memberships. These allow you to directly support a channel and gain a few benefits in the process. Memberships aren't connected to Premium. 7. YouTube Premium Isn't Necessary. YouTube Premium has been around for years, and it hasn't really changed anything about the way YouTube works. If you aren't interested in paying, you can still enjoy videos from your favorite channels as usual. The top benefit of YouTube Premium is certainly removing all the ads. If you watch YouTube regularly, it could be worth the cost for this reason alone. You might also be interested in signing up for one month and then canceling if you want to catch up on your Watch Later list during a trip or flight. And as mentioned, getting YouTube Music Premium is handy if you don't already use a premium music service. Otherwise, there's not much of a draw to YouTube Premium. Most of the Originals don't require a subscription anymore. Cobra Kai, arguably the biggest YouTube Original, is now on Netflix. And if you mostly watch smaller channels, it's very unlikely that any of them will get picked to create a YouTube Original that's behind the paywall. For roughly the same price, a Netflix subscription provides far higher-quality shows and movies than YouTube Originals offers. Amazon Prime, which is $10/month when paid annually, includes access to Prime Video, Prime Music, free shipping, and more benefits. That makes YouTube Premium look a lot less attractive in comparison. There's also an argument that supporting YouTube Premium helps YouTube take control of content that's traditionally user-generated, which is what YouTube was all about in the first place. Should You Join YouTube Premium? The truth is that YouTube Premium is a mixed bag that will only appeal to certain people. If ads don't bother you, you don't need Premium. Unless you have lots of interest in YouTube Originals, Premium isn't worth it. And if you don't use YouTube's mobile apps often, you won't appreciate all the Premium benefits. But if you want to get rid of YouTube ads and would use YouTube Music Premium regularly, then YouTube Premium is a good value. YouTube Music is a solid music streaming service, but by utilizing these YouTube Music tips and tricks you can make it even better. Ben is a Deputy Editor and the Onboarding Manager at MakeUseOf. He left his IT job to write full-time in 2016 and has never looked back. He's been covering tech tutorials, video game recommendations, and more as a professional writer for over seven years. Subscribe to our newsletter. Join our newsletter for tech tips, reviews, free ebooks, and exclusive deals! How to sign up for YouTube Premium. YouTube’s $12/month subscription gets you a lot for your money. YouTube Premium is finally here, and if you’ve got $12/month to spend, it’s absolutely worth the cash. For that monthly fee, YouTube Premium grants you access to ad-free videos across all of YouTube, offline downloads, YouTube Original content, and all of the perks that come with YouTube Music. Signing up for YouTube Premium is as easy as can be, and to get started, here’s what you need to do. Open the YouTube app and tap the profile icon at the very top right. Tap on Get YouTube Premium . Tap Try It Free. After selecting your payment method and completing the transaction, you’ll then see a splash screen welcoming you to YouTube Premium. Tap the red Let’s Go button, and you’ll see that your subscription is now live thanks to the Premium tag at the upper-left corner of the app. Now, start exploring. If you made it to this part of the article, that means you’re now a YouTube Premium subscriber! Google’s currently giving all new members a 3- month free trial of the service, so you won’t be charged that $12/month fee until your first three months are up. Now, stop reading this and start enjoying all of the benefits that come with your YouTube Premium subscription! Using YouTube Premium benefits. With YouTube Premium, you can watch millions of videos without interruptions by ads before and during a video, including video overlay ads. 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 and 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, a membership to their channel, event tickets, or other related destinations they are promoting. Ad-free videos are supported across all devices and platforms where you can sign in with your Google Account—including on compatible smart TVs/gaming consoles and the YouTube, YouTube Music, and YouTube Kids mobile apps, if they're available in your location. 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 or YouTube Music app (and watch auto-downloaded videos in the YouTube Kids app) if these apps are available in your location and you're signed in with your YouTube Premium account. Download a video. Start watching a video on the YouTube mobile app. Tap Download below the video player. Select the video quality. The "Downloaded" icon will appear below the video player when the video has completed downloading. You can view your downloaded videos in the Library or Account tabs. To remove a downloaded video, tap Downloaded and select Remove . Change download settings. On certain mobile devices, videos and playlists will be downloaded only when your device is on a specific connection type - a Wi-Fi network is typically the default. To allow video downloads on your mobile network: Open the YouTube app. Tap your profile photo. Tap Settings . Tap Library & downloads . Tap Download connection . Select “All connection types.” Some mobile network carriers provide access to unrestricted mobile data, which is data that does not count towards any quotas or limits. If you’re using one of those carriers, you may also see an option to download on “Wi-Fi and unrestricted mobile data.” Selecting this option will allow videos and playlists to be downloaded when your device has a Wi-Fi connection or is on an unrestricted mobile data connection. Unrestricted mobile data is only available on Android version R or newer. It’s limited to participating mobile carriers (currently Verizon and AT&T) in the United States, where access may be limited to 5G. Set video download quality. To change the default quality for downloading videos, go to Settings and select Download q uality under "Background & Downloads." Higher- quality videos may take longer to download and may use more storage space on your device. If less than 5% of storage space is available on your device, you won't be able to download additional videos. To free up space, try removing a downloaded video or playlist. Things to know about downloaded videos: You must be signed in to your YouTube Premium account to download videos to watch offline. Some videos, such as free movies from YouTube Movies & Shows, may not be available to download for offline viewing due to content restrictions from partners. Some actions, like commenting and liking, are not available while viewing videos offline. Downloaded videos renew automatically as long as you go online in your home country/region at least once every 30 days. Some videos you have previously downloaded may not be available offline when you reconnect to the internet due to content restrictions from partners. If your device loses connectivity while downloading a video or playlist, it will automatically resume when you reconnect to a mobile or Wi-Fi network. You can only download videos in countries/regions where YouTube Premium is available. Learn more about YouTube offline videos. 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). 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. 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. You also get access to YouTube Music Premium as part of your benefits. With YouTube Music Premium, you can: