initial setup of Apple Music family share on a non-apple device

My son has apple music family set up, and has shared with 2 members of our family. He says he can only communicate the set up link with iMessage, an apple product, which I do not have on my android device or my pc


How do I join the family plan?

Posted on May 1, 2023 9:34 AM

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Posted on May 2, 2023 10:01 AM

Here is the work-around we came up with:

  1. I installed apple music on my samsung gs22
  2. Jon logged on with his apple id on my gs22
  3. Jon added me to the family. Since iMessage was not available, the apple setup routine succumbed to using email as the delivery mechanism. When setup was complete, the email was sent
  4. Jon logged off
  5. I followed the link in the email to set up apple music, and was successful. True, I cannot change apple id's on my phone now for 90 days, but there is no longer a need


As I have seen in many places, apple sharing does work on non-apple devices

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May 2, 2023 10:01 AM in response to javaliga

Here is the work-around we came up with:

  1. I installed apple music on my samsung gs22
  2. Jon logged on with his apple id on my gs22
  3. Jon added me to the family. Since iMessage was not available, the apple setup routine succumbed to using email as the delivery mechanism. When setup was complete, the email was sent
  4. Jon logged off
  5. I followed the link in the email to set up apple music, and was successful. True, I cannot change apple id's on my phone now for 90 days, but there is no longer a need


As I have seen in many places, apple sharing does work on non-apple devices

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