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YouTube is testing a new feature that allows YouTube Premium subscribers to share ad-free videos with non-Premium users.
YouTube Premium members can now share up to 10 ad-free videos per month with friends who don’t have a subscription.
This lets non-premium users experience ad-free viewing for select videos without paying for a subscription.
The only requirement is that the recipient must be in a country where YouTube Premium is available.
When a Premium user shares a video, the recipient can watch it without ads by clicking the unique link.
As reported by Android Police, most YouTube videos are eligible for this, except for music content, YouTube Originals, Shorts, Livestreams, and Movies & Shows.
Each shared video can be watched up to 10 times without ads, regardless of how many people receive the link.
The ad-free access lasts for 30 days, after which the video returns to its usual ad-supported format.
Currently, this feature is in the testing phase and is only available to a limited number of YouTube Premium users in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.
If you are in one of these regions, you can check if you have access to this feature by tapping the Share button on a video and selecting “Share ad-free.”
However, there are a few things that you need to make sure of for this to work. Non-Premium users must be signed in to their YouTube accounts to watch the ad-free video.
If a video hasn’t reached its 10-view limit, it can be watched ad-free for up to 30 days. If the limit is exceeded, users may see an error message. This limit does not count against a Premium user’s personal ad-free viewing privileges.
Though this feature is still experimental, YouTube’s support page suggests it may roll out to more users in the future.
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