If you are a regular at subscribing to applications, you probably have to congratulate yourself because from now on you can save money. All this thanks to a new Apple Family configuration that allows sharing this type of service. The company has enabled it in recent hours in a silent way, since it had not been announced before and there have been many users who have found the surprise. Here are more details.
Shared subscriptions for apps are here
This new possibility had actually been announced months ago as part of Apple’s new operating system for iPhones. However, it had not been enabled until now and it has ended up being a novelty of iOS 14.2 . Yes, you have read correctly, since it will not be with iOS 14.3 but it is already enabled . It was not necessary to wait for a future update to have access to these news. Until today, the purchased applications could be shared with the rest of the members of the Apple Family that can be configured. However, this was not the case with in-app subscriptions.
There are some apps that already allowed sharing their subscription services with other people, whether or not they were family members, but now it will no longer even be necessary for many of them to enable it. This is an advantage in terms of saving money for users. Previously, each one had to pay for their individual subscription, now only one will be paid and if desired, the expense can be divided among all the members who are going to enjoy it and it will be even cheaper.
How can it be enabled
As we said before, the new options to share subscriptions are already enabled as long as you have iOS 14.2. By default they will be activated, but if you want to make sure that this is the case or you do not want to enable it directly, you can check it by opening the App Store , going to your account, clicking on Subscriptions. In this last part you will see a new tab that says “Share new subscriptions”.
It not only reaches the iPhone
This novelty is mainly focused on the iPhone and iOS as it is the most widespread, but it really is not going to stay alone here. Apple has enabled these features for Mac and iPad as well as long as they are updated to macOS Big Sur and iPadOS 14.2 respectively. Although on an iPad the way to check this functionality is identical to that of the iPhone, on a Mac it varies a bit. You will also have to open the App Store, go to your account and in this case go to Preferences and click on “Manage”.
In this way you can already encourage yourself to acquire new subscriptions. In an age when there are more and more applications that require these to function, it is excellent news that Apple allows this sharing option. It is also added to the already presented universal apps function that arrived months ago and that allows you to pay only once for a multiplatform application and be able to use it on all devices.