Use Google Play Family Library (2024)

Important: If you aren't part of a family group, you must create one first.

1. Open the Google Play app .
2. At the top right, tap the profile icon.
3. Tap Settings Family Sign up for Family Library.
4. Follow the instructions on screen to set up Family Library.

Family manager requirements

If you are not part of a family already, you'll become the family manager when you sign up for Family Library. Family managers must meet all these requirements:

• Be 18 or older (or the appropriate age in your country)
• Have a valid credit card or debit cardto use as the family payment method
• Not be part of another family group on Google

Note: You can't create a family with a Google Account from your work, school, or other organization.

Family member requirements

To join a family group, you must meet these requirements:

• Have a Google Account. If you're under 13 or the applicable age in your country, your family manager needs to create a Google Account for you.
• Live in the same country as the family manager.
• Not be part of another family group on Google.

Apps & games

To remove the content, turn off Family Library.

Movies & TV shows

1. Open the Play Movies & TV app .
2. At the bottom, tap Library.
3. Under the "Movies" or "TV shows" tab, look for purchased content you want to add.
4. On the content's details page, turn on Family Library.

To remove the content, turn off Family Library.

Note: When you add TV shows from the Play Movies & TV app, you're adding all episodes of the show. If you want to add or remove certain seasons or episodes that were purchased separately, search for the content in the Play Store app and add it to Family Library from the episode or show's details page.

Books

1. Open the Play Books app .
2. At the bottom, tap Library.
3. Look for the e-books or audiobooks you want to add.
4. Press and hold the book title.
5. Scroll down to Add to Family Library.

To remove the content, press and hold the book title. Then scroll to Remove from Family Library.

By default, eligible purchases are automatically added to your Family Library after you create or join a family group.

To change the Family Library settings, or remove all purchase of a certain type:

Everyone in your family group can see all the content that's been added to Family Library.

You can set up parental controls to restrict the content family members can see.

Apps & games

Movies & TV shows

1. Open the Google Play Movies & TV app .
2. At the bottom, tap Library.
3. Tap the Movies or TV Shows tab.
4. Scroll down to the "Family Library" list. If you don’t see a "Family Library" list, your family members haven’t added anything to your Family Library yet.

Note: Movies can be played offline on up to 5 devices per family member and 12 devices per family. 6 movies can be played at once, but each movie can only be streamed by one person at a time.

Books

1. Open the Google Play Books app .
2. At the bottom, tap Library.
3. Tap the Family tab. If you don’t see a "Family" tab, it means your family members haven’t added any books to your Family Library yet.

Note: Each book can be downloaded on up to 6 devices at the same time. When someone removes a book from their device, it becomes available for other family members to download.

Any movies or TV shows you purchased before your Family Library was created can be added to Family Library.

After you sign up for Family Library or join someone's family group, new movie and TV show purchases can only be added if you purchase them with the family payment method, a Google Play gift card, or a promo code.

Movies

• Movies sharing with Family Library may be limited in some countries.
• If you purchase a bundle of movies, you can only add or remove an entire bundle from your Family Library, but not individual movies.
• You can't add Play movie rentals or movies purchased on YouTube to Family Library.

TV shows

• TV shows sharing with Family Library may be limited in some countries.
• You can't add TV show rentals to Family Library.
• You can’t add TV shows purchased in YouTube.
• TV shows aren't available in all countries.

• Apps & games sharing with Family Library may be limited in some countries.
• You can't share in-app purchases and apps downloaded at no charge with your family members.
• Any apps or games purchased after July 2, 2016 are eligible to be added to Family Library. If you purchased the app or game before July 2, 2016, it’s eligible for Family Library if the developer has made past purchases available.

To find out if it's eligible to be added to Family Library:

1. Tap About this game/app.
2. At the bottom, under "More info," it will say "Eligible for Family Library" if it's eligible.

• If the book publisher allows for e-books or audiobooks to be added to Family Library, you can share it with your family members.
• You can't addsamples provided at no charge, public domain books, personal documents you uploaded, or books you rented to Family Library.
• Books can only be added to Family Library in certain countries.

If someone removes content from the Family Library, if they leave the family group entirely, or if your family group is deleted, you have to purchase the content in order to use it.

Once you purchase it, you'll pick up where you left off. If you bought in-app purchases in a game, you'll get those back after you purchase the game.

If you can't add content you bought to Family Library, it might be because:

• The content isn't eligible to be added to Family Library.
• You used your personal credit or debit card instead of the family payment method to purchase the movie or TV show.

If you see this message, your family payment method is invalid. If you're the family manager, update your family payment method to a valid credit card so that you and your family members can add purchases to Family Library.

While the family payment method is invalid, purchases made using other forms of payment won't be automatically added to Family Library. After your family payment method is updated, you’ll need to manually add those items to Family Library from the details page.