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How to share Amazon Prime with friends and family

Your Amazon Prime account is setup with a feature called Amazon Household that allows you to share a large handful of your benefits with friends and family. Add another adult to your digital household and enjoy easy features including parental controls for the kids, unlimited storage for photos, and a family library to share books, apps, and games. Here's how to get started!

How to add members to your Household in Amazon Prime

Click Account & Lists from the drop-down menu located at the top-right side of your screen. Scroll down to your Account Settings.

Select the Amazon Household.

Have the adult enter their Log in Information, whether they're a trial member or Prime member.

Add up to four teens by clicking Add a teen.

Each child's profile can be modified by clicking Edit underneath their avatar.

Once you've added everyone to your household — adults, teens and kids — you're all set to share content! Keep in mind that each adult will be sharing their payment information under the same account, so it's important to ensure the appropriate credit or debit card is selected at checkout when purchasing products or content.

How to Manage your Content in Amazon Prime

Select Your Account from the drop-down menu located at the top-right side of your screen. Scroll down to your Account Settings.

Select the Amazon Household option.

Select whether or not you wish to share apps/games, audiobooks, or eBooks by clicking their Sharing Buttons.

Select Show Instant Video* under the **Content Tab.

Choose from your Instant Videos and select Add to FreeTime.

Choose between videos and Select a Child to allow viewing access. Click OK when finished.

That's the basics for managing your content under your Household account!

What are other shareable benefits with Amazon Prime?

Amazon Prime is more than just sharing content. For your annual subscription charge you get access to a great number of perks, including reduced expedited shipping on orders:

Free 2-day, same-day, and discounted one-day shipping Prime Now access Prime Video access to thousands of movies and TV shows Prime Music access to over two million songs Early access to Amazon Lightning Deals Unlimited storage for photos Free Kindle books through the Lending Library 20% off diapers subscriptions 15% off Baby Registry completion discount 2% reweards for every time you reload your Amazon. com gift card balance Prime-exclusive pricing on select popular products and an additional 10% off hundreds of sale items throughout Whole Foods Market stores Twitch Prime benefits Prime Fresh benefits

That's all there is to setting up your Amazon Prime account to share its benefits with your friends and family! There's always the option to remove members as needed, but if you choose to leave your household, there's a 180-day period where neither adult can add members or join other households. Setup is quick and easy, and it's a great perk for Prime members that love to share.

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How to set up and use multiple accounts on Amazon Echo

You may not have known that you can set up multiple accounts with the Amazon Echo smart speaker. Learn how you can share digital content and collaborate on household shopping lists.

In a number of ways, an Amazon Echo speaker can make your home life much easier. With only your voice, you can turn on the lights, order a pizza and stream your favorite music or news station.

However, in a house full of different people, their music libraries, calendars, to-do lists and preferences will vary.

The good news is that you can easily set up multiple user accounts within a household. Here's how it's done.

Prerequisites

Before you try to add an additional household member to your Amazon Echo, you will need a few things.

First, make sure that person has an Amazon account (create one if necessary). You'll need the log-in credentials for that account to add it to your household profile.

Add a household member to your Amazon Echo

Adding a new user to your Echo's household profile should only take a minute. To add a new user:

Open the Amazon Alexa application or go to echo. amazon. com in a browser from your computer and navigate to Settings. Scroll to the bottom of Settings and locate Household Profile. Enter your Amazon log-in info and sign in. On the next page, click Continue. Next, give the computer or phone to the person you are adding to the account so he or she can enter the log-in information for that Amazon account. Once that's done, click Join Household.

With multiple accounts, not only can you share your content libraries, such as books and music; you can also collaborate on stuff like shopping lists, to-do lists and calendars. To access the digital content from another user's account, you will need to switch to that person's profile by saying, "Alexa, switch accounts" or "Alexa, switch to Taylor's profile."

To check which profile is currently active, simply ask, "Alexa, which account is this?" or "Alexa, which profile am I using?"

There's also something to be wary of. When you add an additional user, you are giving that person the ability to purchase items with your Amazon account. To add an additional layer of security, open Settings in the Amazon Alexa app and select Voice Purchasing. Under "Require confirmation code," enter a four-digit code that must be said aloud when purchasing physical items or digital content via the Echo.

Remove a household member from Amazon Echo

Removing someone from your Amazon household is also a quick process.

About Transferring Your Amazon Account to Another Website

If you are eligible to purchase digital content, such as Kindle books, from another Amazon website, you can transfer your current Amazon account to that website.

Transferring your account to your local Amazon website will transfer the digital content from the list below to the new account and allow you to purchase content from the Kindle Store in your local currency.

If you create a new account on another Amazon website instead of transferring your current account, purchases will not be shared between the accounts and you will have separate login credentials for each account.

Accessing Digital Content & Subscriptions after Transferring Your Account

After transferring your account, Kindle content that was transferred will still be available on the Manage Your Content and Devices page on the new account. Similarly, apps and games from Amazon Appstore that were transferred will still be available in the App Library and digital music will still be available in the Music Library.

Any Fire or Kindle devices registered to your account will update to the Kindle Store for your new Amazon account automatically the next time you connect wirelessly. You’ll be able to access your compatible content from the Cloud.

May Transfer

The following content will transfer to your new Amazon account, as long as the content is available for purchase from the new Amazon website.

Kindle books Audible audiobooks Amazon Music

If you have an Amazon Music subscription, it will remain active on your new account for the duration of its current term. Renewal terms, pricing, and availability of Amazon Music may vary by country and website.

Amazon Prime

If you have a paid or free trial Amazon Prime subscription, it will remain active on your account for the duration of its terms. Renewal terms, pricing, and availability of Amazon Prime may vary by country and website.

Amazon Drive files

May Not Transfer

The following content will not be transferred to your new Amazon website.

Appstore games and apps

Purchased titles will not be available after transferring your account; however, active Appstore subscriptions will remain active for the remaining duration of the subscription as long as Appstore is supported in the new Amazon website. Renewal terms, pricing, and availability of Appstore apps and subscriptions may vary by country and website.

Prime V >Rented or purchased Prime Video titles will not be available after transferring your account; however, active Prime Video subscriptions will remain active for the remaining duration of the subscription as long as Prime Video is supported in the new Amazon website. Renewal terms, pricing, and availability of Prime Video titles and subscriptions may vary by country and website.

Amazon Gift Card or promotional balances

Amazon Gift Card funds may only be used for the website they were purchased for and cannot be used on other Amazon websites. Amazon Gift Card funds and promotional balances will remain available on your original website in the event that you transfer your account back to your first Amazon website in the future.

Newsstand and magazine subscriptions from the Kindle Store

Any active newsstand and magazine subscriptions on your account will be cancelled when you transfer your account and a pro-rated refund will be applied if there are any remaining months or issues you have already paid for. If the subscription is available in the new Amazon website, we will re-enable your subscription automatically, starting with a 14-day free trial. You will not be able to access past issues after you’ve transferred your account.

Books borrowed through Prime Reading or Kindle Owners' Lending Library

Books borrowed through Amazon Prime will be automatically returned and your credits will not be deducted.

Kindle Unlimited

Books and magazines borrowed through Kindle Unlimited will be automatically returned and your Kindle Unlimited subscription will be cancelled.

Amazon Household and Family Library profiles

Amazon Household and Family Library profiles will be automatically deleted and you will be unable to join another household for 180 days.

Amazon FreeTime or Kindle FreeTime Unlimited

Your FreeTime Unlimited subscription will automatically be cancelled.

Alexa set up, features and skills

Your Alexa set up will be reset, including smart home devices, Routines, timers, alarms, enabled skills and linked accounts. Skills availability and Alexa features may differ. For more information, go to Access Australian and New Zealand Alexa Features.

Payment methods and billing info

You will need to go to the Manage Your Content and Devices or Your Account page to re-enter you billing address and 1-Click payment method.

Transfer Your Amazon Account

Note: It is not possible to transfer and Amazon. co. jp or Amazon. cn account to another marketplace at this time.

If you'd like, you can transfer your account back to your previous Amazon website at any time as long as you have an active billing address for that country. You can transfer your account back by recompleting the steps above.

How to prepare my Amazon account before I die

Note: this includes Amazon. com or Amazon. com. au; Audible. com; Kindle; Amazon Music; Amazon Drive; Prime Photos; Amazon Appstore purchases; customer profile including reviews, discussion posts and customer images; account history (including credit card information, order history, etc.); Gift Cards; and Amazon Web Services (AWS).

What happens to my Amazon account after I die?

There are no mechanisms in place to put in place a succession plan for your Amazon account. There are in fact valid arguments that you do not have the right to pass some digital ownership. However, your executor and loved ones can contact Amazon to make alternative arrangements.

But is there a workaround?

The short answer is maybe! In other words, Amazon allows you to share some purchases with your family by setting up an Amazon Household. Amazon Household makes it easy for you and your family to share Prime Benefits and Digital Content (such as eBooks, audiobooks, apps and games).

What is Amazon Household?

Amazon Household allows for the sharing of Prime Benefits and Digital Content between two adults, up to four teens and up to four child profiles. Therefore making it easier to share your Amazon content. Go here to set up your Amazon Household.

What are the sharable Amazon Prime Benefits?

Shareable Amazon Prime Benefits include Shipping Benefits (for example, Prime Shipping, Prime Now and AmazonFresh) and Digital Benefits (for example Prime Video, Prime Reading, Amazon Photos, Amazon First Reads, Discounts and Exclusives) as well as Prime Early Access, Amazon Photos and Twitch Prime. For more information please visit Share Your Amazon Prime Benefits.

What is Amazon Digital Content?

Shareable Digital Contents are eBooks; audiobooks; apps and games on your Amazon devices. However, there are a number of things that you cannot share. For example the Music in your Music Library, Kindle Unlimited titles, Prime Video and Prime Reading. For more information visit About Amazon Households and Family Library.

Can I remove an adult from my Amazon Household?

Sometimes life does not go to plan. Amazon lets you leave or remove an adult from an Amazon Household. In other words, you can remove a deceased family member. You can achieve this by firstly going to Manage Your Household in Your Account and secondly selecting Remove under their name.

What happens to my Alexa Routine?

Maybe it is because Alexa is relatively new but Amazon does not appear to have a succession plan for Alexa or Alexa Routines. In the meantime, however, you can delete an existing Alexa Routine by navigating to the Routines section of your Alexa app and selecting an Enabled routine. For more information please visit Create Alexa Routines for Smart Devices.

Can I request the closure of a deceased Amazon account?

You can request the closure of a deceased account by contacting Amazon using their Contact Us form. Please note that once an account has been deleted none of its content can be accessed any more. Content that is erased includes Amazon Music, Amazon Drive, Prime Photos, Amazon Appstore purchases, customer profile including reviews, discussion posts and customer images or account history including credit card information, order history, etc. You can find out more information by visiting About Closing Your Account.

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