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TL;DR
- Google is testing a new Family Hub in the Settings of Pixel phones, with a placement similar to iOS.
- This makes it easier for the family administrator to manage subscriptions or keep a tab on family members’ shared live locations.
- The feature is only available for a handful of users, and we’re unsure of wider availability.
Both Android and iOS let you create a group of different users in your family and share perks, including owned media, paid apps, and subcriptions to services such as Google One, YouTube Premium, iCloud, etc., with them. These controls also allow parents to control the content their kids consume or the apps they use. While iOS makes it easy to access settings related to family members by placing them way up in iOS Settings, Android requires users to download the Family Link app for the same utility, or manage permissions through the Play Store, thus adding more steps.
However, it now seems like Google may be simplifying steps for Android users too, starting with Pixel 11 devices. A couple of Pixel 11 owners have recently spotted a new Family option that now appears above all the options in the Settings app and shared their findings with Android Authority contributor AssembleDebug.
