How to enjoy Apple Music as a family?

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If you have an Apple Music subscription, and you want your family group to be able to enjoy it too, it's time to switch to the Plan Apple Music for Family, where everyone can enjoy the best music that you can find in this application and with the best sound quality.

What is Apple Music for Family?

As Apple thinks about the family, it has released to the public a very good plan for the family and it is about Apple Music for Family. A plan that has as its objective that a family group of up to 6 people can enjoy this Apple under 1 single subscription.

CEach one of the 6 members of the family will be able to enjoy their best songs on Streaming, and the best thing about this is that each of them will have their own personalized library, with the most sought after suggestions of their choice.

How to get a Family subscription?

If you want to get an Apple Music Family subscription, all you have to do is:   

Set the option to Family

The first thing you have to do is set up your mobile device or Mac as a family. Then you just have to invite your family group to join this group as a family. Remember that only up to 6 members of the family are allowed, and it can be made up of minor children, adolescents, adults and older adults, that is, there are no age limits.

If you already have your Apple Music family setup, then each of these 6 members will be able to access the contents of Apple Music after you have subscribed. If any of the members of the family group have a student or individual subscription to Apple Music, this will automatically be canceled when they are added to the Apple Music family group.

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Create the family group

An adult from the family group, who can be known as the family organizer, is the one who can set up "Family" on behalf of the entire family group that will make it up. This configuration can be done from a iPhone, iPad ipod touch or Poppy.

If you manage to activate the purchase sharing function, the family representative or organizer is the one who must pay the costs of all purchases made by family members and for this they must have a valid payment method on file and accepted by Apple Music. For this reason, it is important that you review the acceptable payment methods in your region or country.

Subscribe to Apple Music as a Family

In order for you to subscribe to Apple Music as a Family, you just have to perform each of the following steps that we will give you below:

The first thing you should do is go and open the Music App or iTunes > Then you just have to go to the option Escuchar o For you > Then you just have to press on the trial offer which can be 1 per person or family> Now you will select Family > then press on Start Test > You just have to log in with the Apple Music ID and enter the key you use to make purchases.

If you don't have an Apple ID, you can choose create a new Apple ID and follow the steps indicated by the automated system> Subsequently, you will only have to confirm all your Billing information > add a payment method valid > select or click join and ready. In this way you will have already subscribed to the Apple Music Family Plan.

What is the cost of the Apple Music Family Plan?

We have reached the most important part of the application, and that is to know what is the cost of the Apple Music Family Plan? The price of this family service is $ 229 monthly, in the case of the individual plan the cost is $165 per month and the Premium plan is $395 per month.  

Additional functions

The Apple Music Family app has a very special feature that will help parents and family members stay connected at all times. Currently it is much easier to know where the members of the family are located and you can even establish a meeting point with them, or simply know when the children of the house have left class.

All you have to do is ask them to share your location in the Apple Music app and that's it. Also, if any of the family members lose their device through this option, as long as it is active, it will be possible to help find it, even if it is not connected to the internet.

How to create an Apple ID for a child?

All those boys and girls who are under 13 years of age do not have the authorization of the company to create an Apple ID on their own. Of course, the age depends on the region and the country. However, only family representatives are the only ones who can create IDs for minor sons and daughters.

If the child has a Game Center account, instead of an Apple ID, this time it will not be necessary to create an Apple ID, since you can use the child's Game Center nickname when adding it to the Apple Music Family Sharing family group. If you need to create the ID, just follow these steps:

Create ID on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

Go to setting > tap where your name is > then select Share with family > Now you give in add member > This is where you should touch the option to create an account for children > then click on continue > Follow each of the system instructions so that you can finish the account setup.

To create the Apple ID, you can use the minor's email address. You must also enter the correct date of birth, this is very important since you will not have the option to modify it later. Once all these steps are finished, the child's account will be ready.

You may be interested in our article on How can I in Apple Music unsubscribe? in case you want to cancel your subscription. 


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