Suppose a situation arises that one of your friends needs to try out a game that you have purchased before. You can’t simply create the backup of your purchased app and send it over to him. And don’t even think of sharing your Google ID and password with him so he can log in and install apps and games you purchased from the Play Store. This is because all your personal information, including contacts, messages, etc. would get synced to his device.

This article will help you add members to your Play Store Family Library so that when you purchase apps and games from the Play Store, the added member can enjoy the benefits. Let us see how it could be done.

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Adding Members to Play Store Family Library

To allow your friends and family members. enjoy your Play Store purchases, you need to add them to your Family Library group. You could add up to 5 members in your group. But that is not the major concern. The major issue with it is that all these five members if they have a supervised Google account and are above the age of 18, would be able to purchase with your saved payment methods.

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You could, however, have full control over the Play Store purchases of any member if they are under the age of 18 (instructions given in the end). Therefore, it is advisable to add only your closest friends and family members to whom you have full faith. If you are satisfied with all these, head to the below instructions to begin the process.

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  1. Open the Play Store app on your Android device.
  2. Tap the hamburger menu and select Account. Under Accounts, select the Family tab.
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  3. Tap  Sign up now and then Sign up. If you are using a computer, sign up using the Google website.
  4. It will now open your Google profile, and you will be mentioned as the family manager. Tap on Continue.
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  5. It will now mention that members added to your library could use your saved payment details to make purchases. If that is fine with you, click Continue.
  6. Now, to carry out any Play Store purchases, you will need to set up a family payment method. Tap SET UP for the same.
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  7. Enter all the required details and click ACCEPT.
  8. Next, you will need to add up to 5 members to your library. Tap on CONTINUE.
  9. Select up to 5 members from your Contacts and tap on SEND.
  10. All the selected contacts will now get notified via e-mail. they have to tap ACCEPT INVITATION and sign in with their Google ID.

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That’s it. Now make a Play Store purchase and send them the link via the app’s share page. But do note that not all apps are available for Family Library. To check if an app is eligible, tap About this game and scroll to the bottom. Under More info, look for the “Eligible for Family Library” tag. Any app having this tag could be added to the family library.

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Change purchase approval settings

Although you cannot have control over Play Store purchases made by anyone over the age of 18, you could, however, place some restrictions on the purchases made by anyone under the age of 18. Open Play Store and go to Accounts > Family > Manage Family Members. Now select the member on whom you want to place restrictions. Tap Purchase Approvals and select any one of the four available options.

All content, Only paid content, Only in-app purchases, or No approval required. For example, if you select All Contents, the member will need your consent before downloading an app. This will come in handy, especially the circumstances we are dealing with right now.

With this, we conclude our guide on how to let family and friends enjoy your Play Store purchases.

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