Sharing your Apple Music Family subscription with other people in your household is a great way to save money while enjoying Apple’s vast catalog of streaming music content. You can also do this with your Apple One Family and Premier bundle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An individual Apple Music subscription costs $9.99 per month. However, by spending $14.99 instead, you get a family plan for yourself and up to five other people. Compared to all six people buying their own Apple Music subscription, this is an immediate saving of $44.95 right there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even if you have only one other person in your household, moving to a family plan will save $5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just as the Apple Music family plan saves you money, the Apple One bundle also does \u2014 under the right circumstances. It is an issue of what else you use from Apple, and also which version of the bundle you buy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For $14.95 per month, you can get the Apple One Individual Plan, which includes Apple Music \u2014 but only for you. To get the benefit of a family Apple Music subscription, you have to buy the Family Plan at $19.95 per month, or the Premier one at $29.95. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In either case, you need to buy based on what you are actually using, or will actually use. So with the Family Plan, you need to know that you will be getting:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you only care about sharing Apple Music with your family, the Apple One Family bundle is not worth it. However, if you use or need the other services, it is more economical to buy them through this Apple One Family bundle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is also exactly the same with the more expensive Apple One Premier bundle, in how you need to decide what you are using, what you plan to use \u2014 and whether you want to share any of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, the Apple One Premier bundle provides more, and some of it is exclusive to this tier. Altogether, the Premier bundle has:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is the Apple News+ and Apple Fitness+ that are exclusive to the Premier bundle. Those and the 2TB iCloud storage space \u2014 which can be shared amongst your family – can make the Premier bundle the best way to get Apple Music for everyone in your household.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is still the issue, then, of adding a family member to your Apple Music subscription. The way you do that depends on whether you are a new user yourself, or you have a personal subscription.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Family Sharing makes it easy for up to six family members to share music, movies, TV shows, apps, books, subscriptions including iCloud+, and more, all without sharing an Apple ID. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
You can set up an Apple ID for kids, set permissions remotely with Screen Time, and approve spending and downloads from a parent’s device with Ask to Buy. Also, you can set up Apple Cash for a child or teen, or set them up with an Apple Watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You can start a new family group and invite people to join, or you can join someone else’s family group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One adult in the family \u2014 the family organizer \u2014 can set up Family Sharing for the group from their iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac. If purchase sharing is turned on, the family organizer pays for family members’ purchases and must have a valid payment method on file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Open your Mac with macOS Ventura or later:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n On your Mac with macOS Monterey or earlier:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n If you choose to invite people later or want to add another member to your family, you can send an invitation via Messages, email, or in person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you have multiple Apple IDs, you can invite each of your accounts to the group, so you can share purchases from your other Apple IDs with your family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Open your iPhone or iPad with iOS 16 or later:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iOS 15 or earlier:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Open your Mac with macOS Ventura or later:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n On your Mac with macOS Monterey or earlier<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n After you send the invitation, you can check its status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Open your Mac with macOS Ventura or later:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n On your Mac with macOS Monterey or earlier<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can accept or decline an invitation to join a family directly from your device. You’ll get an invitation by email or text message, through which you can respond right from the invitation. If you miss the email or text invitation, use the steps below to respond from your device. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, note that you can be a part of only one family at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n To accept an invitation, follow the onscreen instructions. When you join a family, you might be asked to confirm your account information and to opt into any features or services your family set up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On your Mac with macOS Ventura or later<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n On your Mac with macOS Monterey or earlier<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you can’t accept the invitation, check if someone else joined a family with your Apple ID. Remember, you can only join one family at a time, and you can only switch to a different family group once per year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You and up to five family members can enjoy access to Apple Original TV shows and movies on Apple TV+. You can also share Apple services like Apple Music, Apple Arcade, Apple News+, and more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n When you share subscriptions, each person sees their own preferences and recommendations \u2014 not the whole family\u2019s. And when you share an iCloud+ plan, family members can’t see each others\u2019 photos, files, or documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After you set up Family Sharing, it automatically shares eligible subscriptions with your family members. If your family members can’t access a subscription, here’s what to do:<\/p>\n\n\n\n If Purchase Sharing is on, the family organizer pays for everyone’s subscriptions<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you’re the family organizer and you don’t want to pay for family members’ purchases and subscriptions, you can turn off Purchase Sharing. When Purchase Sharing is off, everyone must use their own payment method. Family members can share subscriptions, but they can’t share individual purchases like apps or books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On your Android device, you can use Family Sharing in the Apple Music app to share an Apple Music family subscription. Follow the steps below to join a family group to share their Apple Music subscription. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Invite people to join your family<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Check if your family member accepted the invitation<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Join a family group<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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What happens when you share a subscription with your family?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
If you already set up Family Sharing<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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If you haven’t set up Family Sharing<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Who is charged for the subscription?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
How To Use Family Sharing with Apple Music on Android<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Accept an invitation to a family group and share their Apple Music subscription<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n