Apple Music is a music-streaming service that Apple launched in 2015. The service competes with the likes ofSpotify, YouTube Music andAmazon Music Unlimited, offering users access to millions of songs and a multitude of features, depending on their subscription.
Apple offers five paid-for subscription options, one of which is the Apple Music Family subscription. There’s also an individual monthly subscription, individual annual subscription, a Student subscription and aVoice Plan, as well as an option for Android device users.
This feature focuses on the Apple Music Family subscription, detailing everything you need to know from how much it costs to what it offers and where it is available.
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Apple Music Family plan: How much does it cost?
The Apple Music Family plan costs $14.99/month in the US or £14.99/month in the UK and it includes access to Apple Music for up to six users, just like the Amazon Music Unlimited plan. It is slightly cheaper than theSpotify Premium for Familyplan after Spotify increased its pricing.
To use an Apple Music Family subscription with other people in your family, you’ll need to set upFamily Sharingusing a supported device. If youset up Family Sharing, you will automatically become the family organiser.
Apple Music is also part of theApple One subscription bundleto Apple services. The Apple One Family tier offers you and up to five members of your family Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, and 200GB of iCloud storage for $19.95/month in the US or $19.95 in the UK. There’s also the Apple One Premier tier that costs $29.95/month in the US and £29.95/month in the UK, and includes Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, as well as News+, 2TB of iCloud storage andFitness+for you and five family members.
Apple Music Family Plan: What does it include?
The Apple Music Family plan not only offers access for up to six users, but each of those users will have their own individual account, which will allow them to stream ad-free music and videos, access over 90 million songs and their iTunes library, listen online or offline and download 100,000 songs to their library.
Family plan users will also get access across their devices, whilst also being able to see what friends are listening to and get access to Apple Music 1 live and on-demand radio shows.
They can choose what they share and when they share it with other members of the Family plan, or decide not to share at all, and they will also be able to share iTunes purchases if they have setup iCloud Family sharing.
Apple Music Family Plan: Where is it available?
The Apple Music Family plan is available globally, including the US, UK and Australia. You can see whether Apple Music Family plan is available in your country by headinghere.
If someone already has Apple Music as an Individual or Student, renewal of that subscription is automatically cancelled when they join a Family plan.
If you are signing up to Apple Music from scratch, you’ll find step-by-step instructions on how to setup a Family plan for Mac or PCs onthis Apple support page.
Family members already set up in Family Sharing will automatically have access to Apple Music following the steps above. If you don’t have access, ask the family organiser to invite you to join Family Sharing.
Setting up Apple Music family on an Android device:
To turn on iCloud Family Sharing: Tap the three vertical dots > Account Settings > Manage Membership > Manage Family.
