YouTube TV, Google’s much-anticipated challenger to the traditional pay-TV bundle, is now live.
The streaming service includes 40 channels — with more coming soon — and costs $35 a month, the same as AT&T’s DirecTV Now. YouTube TV’s launch markets are New York, Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, Chicago and Philadelphia, with more U.S. cities coming soon. (YouTube has no plans to introduce the service in international markets at this point, executives said at a launch event in February)
YouTube is also giving interested subscribers a free 30-day trial period to evaluate the service, and offering up a free Google Chromecast after the first month’s payment, while supplies last.