Minecraft Multiplayer with Xbox Family not working

oO Renf Oo · Jun 13, 2021

I am unable to play Minecraft Bedrock (Xbox Series X) with my daughter (Xbox One S) and/or son (Xbox One), despite having multiplayer and clubs allowed for both child accounts. They are also unable to play with each other.

I am friends with both of them.

They are both friends with me.

They are friends with each other.

My daughter has a 10 age rating.

My son has a 6 age rating.

Both have Minecraft in their allowed games permissions.

Both have Minecraft multiplayer setting in their account on the family setting app switched to allowed.

Both have clubs switched to allowed too.

What's even stranger is that I was able to play fine with my daughter up until yesterday when I installed the Family Settings app on my phone and it prompted me to update her settings.

Any help greatly appreciated, as I have two very disappointed children at the moment.

Thanks.

:)

Rodrigo Oliver

Please, let us review if all these options are enabled:

Using the Xbox Family Settings app on your mobile device, enable Multiplayer for Minecraft.

In the Xbox Family Settings app:

Go to Settings > In Enable Minecraft > Select Allow this game.

Turn on Multiplayer to let a member play online with others

Enable Clubs so that a member can create and join Minecraft Realms servers.

To download the Family App: https://www.xbox.com/apps/family-settings-app

XBF Meryem R

Hello there!

Regarding the game Minecraft, the age rating should be 10 years old and up. Please try following the steps on this link in order to resolve your issue Xbox Support.

Rodrigo Oliver

Hi Faris, my name is Rodrigo. I'm an Independent Advisor and a member of the Microsoft community and I'd love to assist you today.

I am sorry to hear that.

Please, review if these options are enabled:

Using the Xbox Family Settings app on your mobile device, enable Multiplayer for Minecraft.

In the Xbox Family Settings app:

Go to Settings > In Enable Minecraft > Select Allow this game.

Turn on Multiplayer to let a member play online with others

Enable Clubs so that a member can create and join Minecraft Realms servers.

To download the Family App: https://www.xbox.com/apps/family-settings-app

Let me know if it works!

CarTzy

Hello Eve Kosol,

Thank you for posting in the Microsoft Community.

I can see that you're having trouble with Minecraft multiplayer settings on the Xbox family app. To troubleshoot this issue, please follow these steps:

1. Make sure that your child's account has the appropriate permissions to play multiplayer games. You can check this by going to the Xbox family app and selecting your child's account. Then, select "Content restrictions" and make sure that "Allow" is selected for "Join multiplayer games."

2. Check the Minecraft game settings to make sure that multiplayer is enabled. To do this, open Minecraft and go to "Options" > "Multiplayer Settings." Make sure that "Multiplayer" is set to "On."

3. If the above steps don't work, try resetting the Xbox family app settings. To do this, go to "Settings" > "Apps" > "Xbox Family Settings" > "Advanced options" > "Reset."

Please see: Minecraft | Xbox Support

We're looking forward to hearing from you. If there are any inquiries about our description or if there are any misconceptions, do reply to the post.

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