Microsoft has announced that the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Friends & Family Plan has expanded to a further six countries. These include:
- Chile
- Hungary
- Israel
- New Zealand
- South Africa
- Sweden
The Friends & Family Plan was initially launched in September 2022 when it became available in Ireland and Colombia.
The plan allows you to add up to 4 Friends or Family members to your Xbox Game Pass membership, which will give them all their very own unique access to Xbox Game Pass games and content across Xbox Consoles, PC and the Cloud.
Microsoft has also provided some key points that you should know about the plan:
- The people you share your membership with must reside in the same country as you.
- Joining this plan will convert the time remaining on your membership to time in the new plan, based upon the monetary value of the old membership. For example, a full month of Ultimate will be converted to 18 days of membership for this plan. This way you won’t lose any of the remaining value on your existing subscription. Conversion is final, and users must wait for their new membership to expire before returning to a previous membership.
- Conversion is not available for invited group members. Before joining a group, a group member can cancel their existing subscription or wait for it to expire. If they do not have a Microsoft account, invited friends and family will have to create a new Microsoft account and sign in with it to participate.
- Members with Xbox All Access (in supported countries) won’t be able to participate in this plan.
There are currently no further details on when the Friends & Family Plan will expand to even more countries, but fingers crossed it will not be too much longer.