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[iOS] YouTube Premium Monthly: Single INR₹195 (~A$3.55), Family INR₹389 (~A$7.09) @ Apple App (Req India Apple ID & Amazon)

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Apple India ID required. Buy gift cards from Amazon India

  1. Set up an Indian Apple ID using your AU mobile number to verify.

  2. Login into an iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, using an Indian Apple ID by going to settings > Your name > Media and purchases.

  3. Buy Apple gift cards from Amazon India using your AU amazon account. Enter an Indian address (make sure indian address is selected) and use an international fee free card. Then load gift cards to your Apple ID.

  4. Open up Youtube app - head to account (right bottom corner) > settings (right top corner gear icon) > purchases and memberships

  5. Choose a plan of your liking

Set up google family before signing up to family account https://families.google/families/


Mod Note: Proceed at your own risk as Apple Account may be banned/locked.

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Comments

  • I don't have any Apple devices, could this be done with a virtual apple device, using a dev environment?

  • Stuck Setting Up YouTube Premium (India) on iPad

    I’m trying to subscribe to YouTube Premium (Family Plan) for ₹389 INR using my Indian Apple ID. Here’s what happens:

    On the YouTube app, I select the family plan and hit Subscribe.
    It asks for my Indian Apple ID password, which I enter. I get a success message with the ding sound.
    Then, a popup appears saying: “This Apple account has not yet been used in the iTunes Store. Tap Review to sign in and review your account information.”
    When I tap Review, it takes me to a page where I need to complete my Apple ID setup. I enter a random Indian address, but it requires a payment method. The problem is, Apple Cards (which I’ve loaded with ₹1000 INR) isn’t an option. I don’t know how to add an acceptable Indian payment method to proceed.

    Any advice on how to get past this step?

    • I had to go through Settings>Your Name>Media and Purchases.
      This seemed to work for me when I got stuck at the review step.

    • Issue Resolved: Apple id payment section is asking another payment method 1. UPI ID. or 2. Local Indian bank.
      Use option 2 and select the first bank. Then enter fake Indian address.
      Then it worked for me.
      (Note i also deleted and reinstalled YT app on the iPad, not sure if that helped.

      • I also have this problem. I tried your method of choosing option 2 (Net Banking) and the first bank (Axis Bank) or any other bank - all give the same error - Please contact iTunes support to complete this transaction.

        After a few attempts, I think my Apple account is now blocked. When I try to login, it says "Failed to verify your identity. Try again."

        • Update: I tried again a day later and it worked.

  • Works!

  • +1

    I had a bit of trouble setting up the Apple account; I could not get the verification to work by email and/or phone. I contacted Apple, who helped to set me up.

    When I checked the details, I saw that my account country had been set to Australia. I changed countries to India in my account, and the rest of the sign-up and subscription worked fine. If you are having similar issues, it may be possible to set up an Australian Apple account and then change to India.

    Also, FYI, I am an Android user, so I purchased a used iPhone 6s off eBay for $56 to set up and manage this account. Hopefully this method lasts!

    Thanks to the OP and the rest of the contributors here.

    • Can't get MFA to work +1. Had to contact Apple support as well.

  • Will this work for NHL.TV?

  • +1

    The major downside to Youtube premium india is that all my search results produce indian content lol

    • Doesn't make sense… unless you're literally searching for indian stuff

      Are you saying if you search for "Steve Irwin", you're getting results for some Bollywood equivalent?

      • +1

        Don't you go knocking Sanjeev Iram

  • I went to the Amazon India link in the post and entered 2000. It redirected me to the 404 page.

  • Hey is it possible to setup a family account up as per the instructions on a ipad but then just login into youtube on an android device and it will work?

    • +1

      You should be able to. I used an old iPhone to set mine up as all my other devices are Android.

    • +2

      The iPad/iPhone (Apple Device) is only needed to setup the payment gateway - aka for the YT subscription to be paid via the Apple account balance.

      Playing videos on YT can be done from anywhere - Android, Windows, media/TV box.

      Even loading funds into the Apple balance doesn't need an Apple device - you can do it using either the AppleTV or Apple Music app on a Windows PC.

      Apple device is only needed to setup that initial payment gateway for the YT subscription, and you only need to do this once. After that you can continually add funds via a Windows PC as described above, and you can watch YT anywhere on any device.

  • +1

    My new Indian Apple ID - YT Premium is set to auto-renew tomorrow, fingers crossed all goes well, have enough for two months loaded up. Will report back once it rolls over to confirm outcome.

    • How did you managed to get the apple gift cards?

      • Via Amazon India, paid with them using a new Wise card loaded with INR. Then used my email linked to apple ID as the recipient. I then redeemed them via Apple Music whilst logged into Indian Apple ID. Hopefully it renews, I got the email notification that the renewal is coming up a couple days ago.

    • +2

      Good news. Apple Auto renewal went through just now. First time at that's a great outcome. Fingers crossed we keep rolling. Thanks again!

      • Thanks for the update. I was getting nervous reading past posts of Apple revoking the Indian Apple IDs. Great to hear some good news and hope my renewal also goes through smoothly!

  • +1

    I caved into the difficulty and moved to Kazakhstan on Revolut CC. ~$15AUD, but no gift cards and superior potassium exports….. and my googles gets more O Kazakhstan music, because all the other countries are run by little girls. It stings more than being in India, but far less than being in the Netherlands or actually Australia…..
    I hope I don't bring shame because I'm a lazy OzBargainer…..

    • Very nice! 👍🏻👍🏻

  • Waiting for Amazon to send gift card…. Status: Scheduled

  • +1

    Hi All, just wondering if anyone has encountered an email from apple saying billing problem.

    email definitely from apple. the email says update my payment details, checked my account and i do have enough funds for the next payment cycle. Anyone seen this before

    i noticed it says 'No Delivery Address Set Up' on one of the pages.

    is this important?

    • +1

      I got this email instead

      There is a problem with your payment method which may prevent the renewal of this subscription. To avoid losing access to your service, please update your payment information.

      • yeah that the same email i got, my renewal happens in a few days, hope theres no issues :D

        • +1

          Just a fyi, my subscription renewed without any issues. I had enough funds to clear it

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