Google on Thursday announced family sharing for its Stadia cloud gaming service, bringing one of the more consumer-friendly features of digital game marketplaces to its platform. Family sharing will allow any group of Stadia users linked through Google’s Play Family Library system to use one digital license for a game purchase across multiple accounts. That way, you only need to buy one copy of a game for a parent and child or two siblings to both play it separately with separate save data. And in a nice move, only one account needs a Pro subscription to be able to claim free games and share them with the group.
Google says the feature is rolling out starting today and may take about a week or so to reach all users. Earlier reports from 9to5Google and Android Police reported the feature showing up in the Stadia settings panel, prior to Google’s official announcement on the…