Family Member can't play online with his friend...has to use my profile?

Discus and support Family Member can't play online with his friend...has to use my profile? in XBoX on Consoles to solve the problem; My son is 7. He's just starting to play games like Minecraft and Plants vs Zombies 2, and we want him to be able to play online with the son of a... Discussion in 'XBoX on Consoles' started by moreCOWBELL247, Jan 14, 2017.

  1. Family Member can't play online with his friend...has to use my profile?


    My son is 7. He's just starting to play games like Minecraft and Plants vs Zombies 2, and we want him to be able to play online with the son of a Friend of mine through Xbox, who's 9 and has his own profile under his dad.

    I have a Gold Membership, and my son has a profile under me as a Family Member. We've tried to connect with his Friend with his own profile so he can be in party chat and they can game together, but it always says it won't connect.
    When we just use MY profile to connect with his 9 year-old friend's profile, it always works.

    I've tried every way I can think of to tweak the settings on my son's family profile to tweak them so it would work, but it never does. I even abandoned trying to mess with custom settings, and switched his profile to a "teen" setting, but it still won't
    work.

    I want him to start building up his games and sharing Minecraft worlds and PvZ2 progress that he himself is responsible for..with friends online we pick carefully and we know he can trust. Anything he does with my profile can mess with my own stuff, and
    he doesn't ultimately keep any progress as his own.

    How do I fix this?

    :)
     
    moreCOWBELL247, Jan 14, 2017
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  2. I Am Cratos
    I Am Cratos Guest
    Xbox live family

    My mom bought xbox live gold family plan, but the primary has gold and the member accounts still have silver membership. I can't play online or chat with my friends. Help please?
     
    I Am Cratos, Jan 14, 2017
    #2
  3. StarrRayne
    StarrRayne Guest
    Xbox live gold account

    I believe if he is wanting to play online, he will need to have gold on his gamertag. Each family member will need gold to use their gamertags or unless they play on the gamertag that has gold already.
     
    StarrRayne, Jan 14, 2017
    #3
  4. WPAK Win User

    Microsoft Points on wrong Gamertag

    Hi there,

    If your profile and his are not both in the same family pack then there is no way to transfer those points to the other profile, if both profiles are in the same family pack and your account is the primary account of the family pack you can give other profiles
    allowence.

    A family pack is a gold subscription for up to four family members (profiles) for a discounted price. The subscription gives access to online game play and certain apps.
  5. maxen Win User

    How to add a child's profile without creating a Xbox Live profile

    I believe that to add a member to the Family they need to have an Xbox Live profile.

    support.xbox.com/.../add-family-member

    However, you could then change the parental controls to restrict what your son could do - eg, not allow him to play online, not able to accept friend requests or to communicate with people other than friends.

    support.xbox.com/.../xbox-one-manage-privacy-and-online-safety
  6. Zenosos Win User

    My kid is playing as me. How to sort?

    Ideally you want to setup a second profile for him, yes you will lose any achievements and friends he has made, but you can use your profile as the admin by following these simple steps

    https://beta.support.xbox.com/help/Family-Online-Safety/child-accounts/add-family-member-on-xbox-one

    gold is shared as long as you set his xbox as the home xbox for your gamertag. You can even limit access to make purchases and anything else. However you can readd his friends on his new account easily enough, just achievements won’t carry over.
  7. StarrRayne Win User

    Xbox live gold account

    I believe if he is wanting to play online, he will need to have gold on his gamertag. Each family member will need gold to use their gamertags or unless they play on the gamertag that has gold already.
  8. Daft Badger Win User

    Is there anyway to limit playing time when child is playing using my account

    There's o reason why you can't create him his own account/profile on the Xbox One.

    There's some info on using the family features here
    support.xbox.com/.../add-family-member-on-xbox-one
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