Xbox Game Pass Friends & Family - Any news?

Hi! I'm Luis, a fellow Xbox Gamer . Thanks for reaching us out here.

You can only share your subscription on console through the home Xbox feature. Adding someone to the family does not grant them access to your subscription.

An alternative would be the new game pass family & friends plan:

https://www.xbox.com/xbox-game-pass/friends-and...

(At this time, Game Pass Friends & Family is only available in Colombia, Chile, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, New Zealand, South Africa, and Sweden.)

Friends and Family is ending, and you will receive an email with a new offer from Xbox

https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help...bscriptions/xbox-game-pass-friends-family-faq

Hello Tristan, sorry to hear you're having trouble with Sharing.

I'm afraid the Friends & Family pass only shares access to the Game Pass and its features. If you're looking to share your purchased games then that is only possible via the Home setting on the console. Once an account is set as Home on a console then that accounts purchased games can be shared on that console without issue. Any other console would need to have the account that purchased the games logged in while others play.

You can read more about the differences between the two options via the links below.

Home Setting - https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help/hardware-ne...

Friends & Family - https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help/subscriptio...

Yes, we did not purchase any games and do not plan on sharing any purchased games. We bought the family and friends pass, and we want to play games that are on the Xbox Game Pass but we want to play these games on our separate consoles, using the 5 accounts and 5 separate consoles that we registered on the Xbox Game Pass Friends and Family. Only 2 of us are now able to access game pass on our separate consoles, whereas the other 3 are not able to connect to Xbox Game Pass Friends and Family even though we all subscribed using the link provided by the person who bought the Xbox Game Pass Family and Friends. All of us show up on the Xbox Game Pass Friends and Family but not all of us are able to access its features.

Hello Neunie Asdf,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.



We appreciate your interest in joining Xbox Game Pass Friends & Family preview program. By the way, may we know when did you received this invite? Just a good to know information, preview program for Xbox Game Pass Friends & Family has ended last August 15, 2023. Please check the promotional offer that comes with Xbox Game Pass Friends and Family token you received as the information about where to purchase and the validity will be stated.

Also, may we know if a friend or family sent you this 3-month token?

Since you are about to travel in 3 weeks, we would like to let you know that this code/token is only redeemable to specific places and Geographic restrictions may apply.

We do have reference here about the membership of the said preview program. Please review the links below:

All about Xbox Game Pass Friends & Family | Xbox Support

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Friends & Family Plan Expands to Six New Countries - Xbox Wire



For clarifications, you may reach out to the live support directly: Contact us | Xbox Support

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Hi! I'm Rostom, an Independent Advisor. I will be glad to help you here.

Based from the support article here https://www.xbox.com/en-IE/xbox-game-pass/frien... the Game Pass Friends & Family is currently available only in Colombia and Republic of Ireland.

Just to confirm, are you currently subscribed to Game Pass Friends & Family or just Game Pass Ultimate?