Xbox Live not working on HOME Console

tlopez97 · May 17, 2019

My boyfriend and I both own an Xbox (One and One X); we've recently discovered that we can make on of them the HOME console and share games and Xbox Live!

Today we set the older version as the Home and his new one as his personal one. When I try and play a game on the HOME console using my account, it constantly wants me to purchase Xbox Live and when talking to friends and family it should not do that.

I logged into his account on and opened an app that needed to use Xbox Live and then switched it to my account and it worked fine, HOWEVER, I do not want to do this EVERY time I want to play (especially because I kicked him out of his console in the middle
of a game, yikes lol!)

If you have any advice to bypass me doing this, please share! I just do not want to pay for TWO Xbox Gold live yearly when we live in the same house!

:)

Bisexual Female

He would have to set you as a family member in order for you to have xbox live.

Settings-account-family-manage family-then add your account to his family

tlopez97

We are both trying to play the same game on both consoles and they require network (players unknown) so we bth need to be on xbox live. He has his and when i log into mine on the home console, that is when it requires me to purchase xbox live myself

MetalNutz

Try setting his console as the Home Xbox and see if that helps!

PickledBell6822

Hello!

Hope that this will help.

First make sure that your boyfriend account have an active Xbox Live Gold. Do try to log in he's account to this page to check it out:

https://account.microsoft.com/services

After you confirmed that he have an active Gold on he's account, try to set it up as Home Xbox on your Xbox One console ( let us call it as console A )

Once you are done setting up he's account as Home Xbox to console A, log in your account on it and try to play any online games. That should share the gold of your boyfriend account to anyone that will use the console A.

Also, make sure that your boyfriend will not set up another Home Xbox using he's account. As the Home Xbox will be remove from console A.

So if he set up he's account to another console ( let us call it as console B ) the Home Xbox from console A will be removed and will be transferred to console B.

For more information about Home Xbox, you can use this page to check it out:
https://support.xbox.com/en-US/games/game-setup/my-home-xbox

SylvorOnix

Does your BF have the other xbox set to auto login? I'm just curious because if he does sometimes having it set to auto login will automatically declare it the home xbox.

When you guys got the second xbox was he the first to log in to it? The first time you sign in to an Xbox One and save your password, that console becomes your home Xbox. I would go into the settings
and look to see which one is set as home and check if auto login is enabled or use the PC and/or have him go to xbox.com, login and click on his gamer pic and then click the link that says my microsoft account or use login.live.com to see which one is actually
set to "Home"

Xbox Live not working on HOME Console