How to share Xbox Game Pass with family

Open the Xbox App, select the profile icon on the top right, and sign in with the account of your family member with which you want to share the Game Pass subscription.

The app will notify you that “Your Microsoft Store account is different from your Xbox account”, but you can just ignore the message and press the X on the top right. It does not cause any issue.

Now you can freely download any game included in the subscription.

• After downloading the games, you can switch back the Microsoft Store account, as it is not required to play them.

• Note that you will have to switch Microsoft Store accounts every time your family member needs to download a new game.

You can play over 100 different games monthly if you have a paid subscription to an Xbox Game Pass. This wikiHow will teach you how to share an Xbox game pass with your household so everyone under your roof doesn't have to buy a subscription. First, you need to set up your console as your home Xbox, then any game you download will be accessible to any profile that logs into your home Xbox console. You can also follow these steps on a secondary console in your house so your primary console only has your account logged in, but your secondary console works for the rest of the family.

1. 1

   Turn on your Xbox. You first need to set your Xbox up as the "home Xbox." You can power on your Xbox by pressing and holding the Xbox button on the controller or you can press the power button on the console itself.

2. 2

   Sign in with the account that has the Game Pass or Gold subscription. You're going to be able to share those benefits with any accounts that log into the Xbox console.

3. 3

   Press the Xbox button. This button is located in the top center of the Xbox controller.

4. 4

   Navigate to System. Use the directional pad or thumbstick to navigate to the "System" tab or gear icon.[1] X Research source Go to source

5. 5

   Navigate to Settings and press A. This gear icon is usually the first option in the menu.

6. 6

   Navigate to Personalization and press A. This is usually the second option in the menu.

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   Navigate to My home Xbox and press A. This is on the right side of the screen and usually the third option down the menu.

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   Navigate to Make this my home Xbox and press A. This is usually on the left side of the screen, under a text box that outlines what setting your Xbox as the home Xbox means.

   • If the box says "Remove this as my home Xbox," your Xbox is already set up for sharing and this feature should not be changed.[2] X Research source Go to source
   • Any profiles that log in to your home Xbox will be able to use your Xbox Live Gold subscription, games and downloadable content from the Microsoft Store, and downloaded games from a Game Pass subscription.

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Microsoft is starting to test an Xbox Game Pass family plan that will allow subscribers to share their benefits with other people. A preview of this Xbox Game Pass family plan is available in Colombia and Ireland today, and testers will be able to add up to four people to their subscription as long as they’re in the same country.

“Starting today in Colombia and Ireland, Xbox Insiders can begin to preview a plan that allows multiple people to share Game Pass Ultimate benefits,” explains Tyler Mittleider, a senior technical program manager at Microsoft. “This makes it even easier to play the best Game Pass games with friends and family across console, PC, and cloud by enabling you to add up to four people to your subscription, all with their own unique access to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate games, content, and benefits.”

Testers in Colombia or Ireland can sign up for an Xbox Insider preview for the new Xbox Game Pass Ultimate plan today in the Microsoft Store, and joining the preview will convert existing time remaining on a plan to a new plan “based upon the monetary value of the old membership.” So if you have a full month of Ultimate, it will be converted to 18 days of membership on this new plan. Users in Ireland are currently being offered a preview version of this new family plan for €21.99 per month.

Once testers have signed up to this new plan, they can then head over to the Microsoft Account page to send four invites via email or generate links to share with friends and family.

Microsoft had been rumored to be contemplating a family plan for Xbox Game Pass for quite some time, and this preview shows it’s getting ready to test how Xbox Game Pass Ultimate sharing would work more broadly.

Microsoft currently offers Xbox Game Pass or PC Game Pass for $9.99 per month. Neither includes online multiplayer capabilities, but you can upgrade to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for $14.99, and this unlocks Game Pass for console, PC, EA Play access, and online multiplayer.

Update, August 4th 6:10PM ET: Article updated with pricing information in Ireland.