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What apps can I share with Family Sharing?

What you can share
  • Music, movies, and TV shows from the iTunes Store or Apple TV app.
  • Books from the Book Store in Apple Books.
  • Apps that you can purchase or download from the App Store.
  • Subscriptions and in-app purchases from participating apps.
  • Subscriptions from Apple, including: Apple One Family and Premier plans.
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What apps are eligible for Family Sharing?

Family Sharing lets you and up to five other family members share access to amazing Apple services like Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple News+, Apple Arcade, and Apple Card. Your group can also share iTunes, Apple Books, and App Store purchases, an iCloud storage plan, and a family photo album.
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How do you share paid apps with Family Sharing?

Apps & games
  1. Open the Google Play app .
  2. At the top right, tap the profile icon.
  3. Tap Manage apps & devices. Installed.
  4. Tap a purchased app or game you want to add.
  5. On the content's details page, turn on Family Library.
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Can all apps be shared with Family Sharing?

You can share purchased apps, games, movies, TV shows, eBooks and audiobooks from Google Play with up to 5 family members using Google Play Family Library.
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What is available with Family Sharing?

Google Play Family Library on Android

Their Google Play Family Library service launched on Android in July 2016. Like Apple's Family Sharing service, it allows you to share purchased content with up to six people in your family (including apps, games, movies, TV shows, e-books and more).
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Can Family Sharing on iPhone see text messages?

Family Sharing does not share messages, contacts, or other private info. Only Purchased iTems and the Apple Music membership.
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How do I know if an App is available for Family Sharing?

Check if an app is shareable
  1. Go to the App Store.
  2. Find the app.
  3. Scroll down to the Supports section and make sure that Family Sharing is listed.
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What cannot be shared in Family Sharing?

What you can't share. Individual subscriptions to Apple Music, Apple One, and subscriptions and in-app purchases from non-participating apps. Student subscriptions, such as a student subscription to Apple Music. Consumable in-app purchases, such as coins or gems.
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Can Family Sharing see my texts?

Recently, many people have asked “Can Family Sharing see text messages” on many sites and the answer is yes. To keep in touch with anyone and everyone else using an Apple product, be it an iPhone, iPad, or Mac, iMessage is an excellent way.
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What does Family Sharing restrict?

With Family Sharing, the organizer can set up parental controls for children in the Family Sharing group. You can use Screen Time to manage how your children use their Apple devices. You can also turn on Ask to Buy, so children must receive approval for purchases or free downloads.
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Who pays in Family Sharing?

When Purchase Sharing is turned on, everyone's purchases bill to the family organizer's payment method.* If there's an issue with the payment method, the family organizer can update their payment method or add a new one.
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How do I share my free apps with family?

How to download apps and content that your family members...
  1. Open the App Store, Apple TV app, or Apple Books.
  2. Find your family member's purchases. ...
  3. Tap your family member's name to see their content. ...
  4. To download an item, tap the Download button next to it.
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Can Family Sharing see my photos?

Everyone's personal files and preferences stay private. When you share iCloud+, family members can't see each others' photos, files, or documents. And when you share other subscriptions like Apple Music, Apple Fitness+, or Apple TV+, each person sees their own preferences and recommendations — not the whole family's.
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Is Tinder a Family Sharing?

Did my family members get notified that I bought tinder gold? If it is an eligible subscription, it is automatically shared. From the article below. After you set up Family Sharing, eligible subscriptions are automatically shared with your family members.
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Can Family Sharing see your search history?

Family Sharing doesn't include the browser history.

You can set restrictions in Screen Time.
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Can my husband see my texts on iCloud?

If you backup or synchronize your phone to iCloud then anybody who has the details for that account, or even has their phone connected to the same account (a family member, for example), could potentially see your personal text messages.
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Can family members see my iCloud photos?

Everyone's personal files and preferences stay private

When you share iCloud+, family members can't see each others' photos, files, or documents. And when you share other subscriptions like Apple Music, Apple Fitness+, or Apple TV+, each person sees their own preferences and recommendations — not the whole family's.
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Can my spouse get copies of my text messages?

Generally, texts and emails are private. Thus, you don't have a right to look at them without your spouse's consent. Doing so is viewed as an invasion of privacy. It doesn't matter whether you are married, separated or divorced.
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What can my wife see on Family Sharing?

And with Family Sharing, your whole group can share the same subscriptions. Family members access each service from their own Apple IDs, so they see only their own content, preferences and recommendations — not the whole family's.
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What is the disadvantage of Apple Family Sharing?

My downsides:
  • some in app purchases/subscriptions don't share.
  • some in app purchases/subscriptions are pricier for families.
  • AirTags don't work with family sharing.
  • only the organiser gets invoices. Sometimes it is unclear from invoices, what a charge is for, and who bought that item.
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What are the risks of Family Sharing?

Safety Concerns of Family-Sharing

That could mean the compromising of sensitive information and passwords. Also, if one person's device is lost or stolen, it will be easy for whoever gets their hands on that device to access the potentially sensitive or personal information of others.
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Can my parents see what apps I download with Family Sharing?

You have to first switch on Family Sharing by inviting each member of your family to the system. Once you have, though, they can see every app you've ever bought. Perhaps you don't want them to know that you have personally bought and tried every single chess app in existence, though.
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How can I see my child deleted texts on iPhone?

Recover deleted text messages on your iPhone or iPad
  1. In Messages, tap Edit on the conversations page. If you previously turned Message Filtering on, the Edit button doesn't appear. Instead, tap Filters on the conversations page.
  2. Tap Show Recently Deleted .
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How can I tell if someone is reading my text messages iPhone?

On an iPhone

When you text someone with Read Receipts turned on, you'll notice the word "Read" beneath your message, and the time it was opened. To turn on your Read Receipts in the iMessage app, click Settings, scroll down and tap Messages. Enable Send Read Receipts.
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