
When you sign up, you can select a credit card to share as your family payment method, though everyone can still buy stuff with their personal credit cards or gift cards. The company wouldn’t say how many people signed up for it, merely noting that it has seen “great success.” The plan, which you can sign up for starting today on the web in addition to your Android device, is being rolled out to four new countries (Ireland, Italy, Mexico, and New Zealand) on Thursday.īut the Family Library is a much bigger play than a simple shared subscription plan. Google sees Family Library as an expansion of the Google Play Music Family Plan it launched in December. For past purchases, whether you can share them will depend on whether Google’s partners opted in for the feature.


So what makes content “eligible” for family sharing? Timing is everything: All apps and games purchased after signing up for Family Library are eligible.
