How To Use Family Sharing On Apple Music?

Spending too much on individual Apple subscriptions? Here's an alternative!

Apple has developed an amazing feature called Apple family sharing on Apple music. If all or most of your family members use an Apple device and are subscribing to Apple services individually, you all are collectively spending a lot of money. You can save all that money by just switching to the Apple Music family plan. This feature offers you to add up to 6 members to the plan, including yourself.

The Apple Music family plan can be activated from any Apple device. And you can either start a plan and add members to it or get someone else to start a plan and add you to it. In this article, we will see learn to activate Apple family sharing from iPhone and Mac:

How To Activate Family Sharing On Apple Music? (iPhone)share-family-apple-music-plan

One great thing about Apple Music is having a shared experience with your friends and family there. Sure, you get an Apple music family subscription, but you also get to find your friends on there and share playlists and songs you like.

Here are the steps to add a family member to Apple music:

  1. Open Settings on your iPhone, and tap on your name to open your Apple ID settings.settings-for-apple-music-plan
  2. Select Family Sharing and tap Add member.apple-family-music-plan
  3. Now tap on Invite people and send the invite through AirDrop, messages, or any way you want.apple-family-invitation

And that’s how to share the Apple music family plan by turning on family sharing on your iPhone. You can add 5 of your family members to this, and once they accept the invite, they will be able to share your Apple music plan along with other benefits such as location sharing.

How To Share Apple Music With Family? (Mac)

Here’s your answer if you are wondering how to add someone to your Apple music on Mac. Setting up family sharing on your MacBook is also just as easy as setting it up on your iPhone. It’s basically the same steps, just on a larger screen.

Here are the steps on how to add someone to the Apple Music family plan:

  1. Open Settings on your Macbook and select Set up family sharing.
  2. Click Get started and select Apple music.apple-set-up-family-sharing
  3. Select Continue to confirm your purchase and payment method.apple-music-family-sharing
  4. Now select Invite family members and type in the Apple ID emails of the people you want on your Apple music family plan.apple-music-family-sharing-payment
  5. Click Done, and once they accept, they will be added to the plan.apple-music-family-sharing-invitation

It’s easy to start family sharing on Apple music on your computer. You can also choose the Apple one plan, which includes Apple TV, App store, Apple music, and many other Apple services, all clubbed into one plan.

Additionally, you can use your iPhone or Mac computer to activate Apple family sharing on Apple music. You need to choose a plan and invite all the family members that live under a roof. If there are Spotify users in the family, they can also convert to Apple music while still keeping their favorite Spotify playlists with them.