How to Set Up YouTube TV Family Sharing.
If you have a YouTube TV subscription, you can use the YouTube TV Family Sharing feature (also known as YouTube TV Family Groups) to share this subscription with 5 family members. Once you create a family group, you become its administrator.
Learn how to set up YouTube TV Family Sharing, add or remove members, and learn about the service requirements and restrictions.
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YouTube TV Family Group Requirements
There are several restrictions on how the YouTube TV family group works.
- The family members you invite must be at least 13 years old.
- Family manager must be at least 18 years old and have a Google Account.
- You and your family must live in the United States.
- No one in your family group can be part of another family group.
Additionally, YouTube TV is for regular Google Accounts only, and if you signed up with a G Suite account, you won’t be able to create a family group.
How to Create a Family Group
To create a family group, you just need to enter your home location and add family members to the group.
1. Log into your YouTube TV account, select your profile photo and select “Settings”.
2. Select “Family Sharing” from the left menu of the “Preferences” window.
3. Select “Continue” to go through the New Family Group Wizard.
4. Go through the wizard to invite each family member to their email address and select Send.
5. When finished, you will see a confirmation message. Select “Go to YouTube TV” to get started!
Your Google Family Group is now ready and you can start using YouTube TV after adding your family members by following these steps.
How to Add and Remove Family Members
If you didn’t add all your family members when you created the group and want to invite others, follow these steps.
1. Sign in to your YouTube TV account and go to the Family Sharing settings page.
2. Select the link “Manage”.
3. To add a new family member, select Invite Family Member. Existing family members will already be listed.
4. Add the email address of the family member you want to invite. If they are on your Google contact list, you will see them below the email field. Select a family contact to add.
5. Click the “Send” button to send an email invitation to this family member.
If you are an invited family member, follow the instructions in the email to join the family group.
How to Leave or Delete a Family Group
You will need to leave your original family group before you can create a new family group of your own.
Leave YouTube TV Family Group
- Log into your YouTube TV account, select your profile photo and select “Settings”.
- Select the Manage link.
- Click on the Leave Family Group option in the left menu. You will then need to enter your Google password and confirm that you want to leave the group.
You will no longer be a member of the Google Family Group and will no longer have access to Family Sharing on YouTube TV.
Note. Leaving a Google Family Group will only remove you from the group. Your Google account will remain active along with all of your personal Google services.
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Remove YouTube TV Family Group
The only person who can delete a family group is the person who created the group — the family manager. Make sure you are signed in to Google and YouTube TV using this account.
- Log into your YouTube TV account, select your profile photo and select “Settings”.
- 0.Select Family Sharing from the menu on the left.
- 2.Select Manage.
- 3.Select “Remove Family Group” from the menu on the left.
- Enter the password again and click the Confirm button.
After deleting the group, only you will be able to use your YouTube TV subscription.
YouTube TV Family Sharing Limitations
Think again if you plan to add friends or people outside of your family to your family group. YouTube TV locates you or your family members using the Internet connection you use. Likewise, YouTube TV delivers content based on location.
Since you must set the home area as a family administrator, if someone tries to access the YouTube TV family service from another location using a different Wi-Fi, YouTube will block this. This is because everyone you grant a membership to must live in the same family. One way to get around this is to watch YouTube TV over cellular data if you have a data plan that allows you to consume that amount of data without significant costs.
If your family group members never subscribe to YouTube TV, they are automatically deleted after 90 days and you will have to invite them again.
Finally, YouTube only allows you to use YouTube TV on 3 devices at the same time (not 5) in your home at the base rate. But individual contributors could potentially use more than one available device if they are streaming YouTube TV on multiple devices at the same time.
How to Set Up YouTube TV Family Sharing
How to Set Up YouTube TV Family Sharing