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How to set up a family plan on Google Play Music
August 09, 2025
Following the lead of several other music streaming services, Google too has introduced afamily planforPlay Music. The family subscription can be purchased by anyone, as long as your Google account has Play Music All Access enabled.
The other music services that offer family plans includeApple Music, with its $15/month 6-person plan;Spotify; which adds $5/month for every extra person; and Rhapsody, which has a $15/month tier for a 5-person family. Out of all these streaming music services, Spotify and Rhapsody are available only in the US.
How the Google Play Music family plan works
At present, the family music plan is accessible only to a handful of countries – Australia, Canada, France, Germany, United Kingdom, United States – and all your family members must also belong to the same country as the manager’s account. Note that family members continue to use their own, separate Google accounts and have their own music libraries, playlists, and offline content.
How to set up Google Play Music family plan
How to subscribe using Play Music on the Web:
How to upgrade to Play Music family plan and invite family members:
After you complete these steps, the family members that you added will get an email saying they are invited. Note that you’ll be adding a payment method with all the family members added by you to the account, so verify that you only add people you trust, and who are over 13 years of age. These members can use the payment method to apps, games, movies, books, TV shows and magazine issues. Also, by default all in-app purchases made by family members will have to be approved by the family account manager.
This feature can be turned off, although it isn’t advisable for obvious reasons.
That’s all there is to setting up a Play Music family account. The process is pretty straightforward and most users should be able to complete it without any major hiccups. Just follow the steps shown on your screen, or follow the simple steps listed in this guide and you should have your Google Play Music Family plan set up in no time.
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