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Google introduced the world to its curiously-named YouTube Red service just last week, and mentioned that October 28th would be the day that it launched. Well, today is October 28th, and you can now head over to YouTube.com/red to sign up for the service. Google's kicking off Red with a one month free trial for all users, after which you'll be charged $9.99 per month...

With YouTube Red, you'll get access to a completely ad-free YouTube experience (which alone is an enticing offer for those of us that still want to support content creators), you'll be able to download videos for offline viewing on a variety of devices, and — one feature that has been much-requested since YouTube hit mobile devices — you'll be able to keep the app running in the background when your screen is off.