Xbox home sharing

TommyBombadil1 · Jun 27, 2020

I’ve looked through several posts and cant seem to find any that relate to my exact issue.

My wife has a Gold membership - we have 2 xbox ones - we’ve made the first console the home console -

when she is logged onto this - and I am logged onto the second, all is good - we can each play any game we want, everything connects up etc.

The issue is when she logs onto the second (and thus is automatically logged off the first). - and I log onto the first (the “home” console), I can no longer play anything (but she is fine on the second).

Any suggestions for where we are going wrong with the setup? Thanks!!!

:)

WPAK

Hi there,

keep in mind that the Home console setting is meant to be used on your own primary console.

Using it to be able other people their games can be an issue, see this link for some information:

https://enforcement.xbox.com/en-us/home/staysafe#topic4

Regarding the issue, this can be caused by a service or internet issue, so be sure to check if all is up and running without issues.

Also be sure to try the manual power cycle steps like mentioned on the following link, be sure to wait at least 60 seconds before powering on again:

http://support.xbox.com/en-us/xbox-one/console/power-cycle-console

Let us know the results

Mimori 775

Hey Tommy,

To make it easier to decipher, let's label the two boxes A and B.

Xbox A
Xbox B

If your wife sets Xbox A as her home console and plays on Xbox B, anyone who uses
Xbox A will be able to use her game library and live membership. However, if she plays on Xbox A, anyone else who uses Xbox B
will not have access to her game library and membership since Xbox B is not her home console.

This is why you're receiving advice to check which console is set as her "home" unit. The sharing feature is a little limited but it's nice that it's provided nonetheless. As Determined Hero pointed out, your wife will want to set the console she
doesn't intend to play on as her home so that you can access the game library/membership.

Smwutches

Double check her Home setting. It sounds as if she has the second console set as her Home, not the first.

{Parity}

Sounds like his Gold Subscription may have expired. Either that or he is sharing with someone else.

pkvas

Didn't really get what you were saying before but sounds like you're trying to give your friend a free copy of a game you're still playing which I wouldn't admit to on these forums

Xbox home sharing