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Elbbob
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Family sharing difficulty

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Hello,

Can anyone help - my partner has Stadia Pro and purchases games.

He'd like to share his games with me so I set up the Family group with him and myself, as I did it I am the family manager and the payment method is my card.

However when I signed up to Stadia it forced me to sign up for Stadia Pro free trial. 

Do we both have to pay the monthly sub is access his games?

Or is there a way for me to have a free acc and still access his games? 

Or does he need to be the family manager with control over payment method?

Thanks

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Chufu
Platinum Stadia Guide
Platinum Stadia Guide

Hey @Elbbob,

in this case you can't "jump over" the free trial, so I recommend you start the free trial and then you can immediately cancel afterwards (I mean immediately, because if you intend to do it later you might forget), so you can enjoy your free Stadia Pro trial and afterwards you'll not be charged.

As soon as you've done that, it should be possible for you to play the shared games in the family. At this point, your partner needs to share his library within the family so that you can play games from his library. It doesn't matter who the family manager is, the person who shares games can be any family member. In case he doesn't know how to activate the sharing, guide him to this article from the Stadia helpcenter.

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Chufu
Platinum Stadia Guide
Platinum Stadia Guide

Hey @Elbbob,

in this case you can't "jump over" the free trial, so I recommend you start the free trial and then you can immediately cancel afterwards (I mean immediately, because if you intend to do it later you might forget), so you can enjoy your free Stadia Pro trial and afterwards you'll not be charged.

As soon as you've done that, it should be possible for you to play the shared games in the family. At this point, your partner needs to share his library within the family so that you can play games from his library. It doesn't matter who the family manager is, the person who shares games can be any family member. In case he doesn't know how to activate the sharing, guide him to this article from the Stadia helpcenter.

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Elbbob
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

@Chufu many thanks for your reply, it helped and we have now successfully linked our accounts!

 

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