The pilot of a two-person plan follows YouTube’s wide rollout of YouTube Premium Lite, which the company had also tested in limited countries. Premium Lite plan lets you watch most videos without ads but doesn’t have ad-free music videos, offline downloads, or background play.

YouTube is trialling a two-person subscription It costs less than two individual subscriptions, and less than a family plan It's currently available in France, Taiwan, India and Hong Kong YouTube is currently piloting a two-person YouTube Premium membership in select countries that allows a two people to split a subscription without going all-in on a family plan.

The video platform YouTube is trying out new subscription models to drive growth. As reported by Moneycontrol and The Verge, among others, the company is offering some users a "YouTube Premium Duo" tariff. The new test tariff offers selected users YouTube Premium at a reduced price for two people.