Microsoft is starting to test an Xbox Game Pass family plan that will allow subscribers to share their benefits with others. A preview of this Xbox Game Pass family plan is available today in Colombia and Ireland, and testers will be able to add up to four people to their membership as long as they’re in the same country.
“Starting today in Colombia and Ireland, Xbox Insiders can start previewing a plan that lets multiple people share the benefits of Game Pass Ultimate,” said Tyler Mittleider, senior technical director of programs at Microsoft. “This makes it even easier to play the best Game Pass games with friends and family across console, PC and the cloud by allowing you to add up to four people to your membership, all with their own unique access to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate games, content and benefits”.
Microsoft had been rumored to be contemplating a family plan for Xbox Game Pass for quite some time, and this preview shows that it’s preparing to test how Xbox Game Pass Ultimate sharing would work more broadly.
Microsoft currently offers Xbox Game Pass or PC Game Pass for $9.99 per month. Neither includes online multiplayer capabilities, but you can upgrade to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for $14.99, and that unlocks Game Pass for console, PC, access to EA Play, and online multiplayer.
Testers in Colombia or Ireland can sign up for an Xbox Insider preview for the new Xbox Game Pass Ultimate plan today in the Microsoft Store, and joining the preview will convert any time left on a plan in a new plan “based on the monetary value of the old membership”. So if you have a full month of Ultimate, it will become 18 days of membership in this new plan, suggesting that Microsoft will offer a separate tier once Game Pass sharing is fully ready for launch wider