Netflix, Disney+, HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video… with so many services streaming and such interesting content to see, the usual thing is that we have to decide on one platform or another depending on our budget or the free time we have. However, most of these services allow share account between different users, lowering the costs for each of the components of the group and reaching more people. Today we will tell you how you can share a Disney+ account with your family or colleagues of floor and how you can get the most out of your monthly or annual membership.
Can the Disney Plus account be shared?
Yes, without problem. Both with family and friends. Disney lets you create up to seven different profiles, And allows four plays at once. Also, you can register up to a total of ten different devices for each account.
How much is the recommended number?
This question is quite relative. If you are five people at home, a single Disney Plus account will be enough in most cases, as long as each one does not want to consume different content separately at the same time.
However, it is not highly recommended to exceed that fictitious barrier of five users per account. Not for exceeding the limit, but for the number of devices we can enroll. having a limit of 10 dispositivos linked by account, among five users, you will reach the limit as fast as connecting a mobile phone and a television or tablet for each of the members of the joint account. If you share your account with the maximum number of users possible, that is, 7, you will have to agree in advance on which devices the account can be used, so as not to saturate the registry. However, nothing should happen if you use Disney+ from a browser.
Still, the most appropriate number is 4 users per account. You will be able to dodge the limits of Disney Plus a bit by using the offline method, which we will tell you about a little later.
Manage profiles on Disney+
You can create up to 7 different profiles for each Disney+ account. Each of them will have its name, a different image and a personalized panel with recommendations and the history of content that has been consumed so far.
Create a new profile
The process for create a new profile is:
- Enter the Disney Plus website from a browser or the application for mobile devices or Smart TV.
- In the initial menu of the platform, click on 'Add Profile'.
- Select a avatar For the bill. There are hundreds of them. On the first line you will get the most used characters from all over Disney, but below you can select the avatar that you like the most from Marvel, Pixar, Star Wars, Disney princesses... whatever you can think of.
- Write a name for the account. Before finishing, you can mark if the profile will be used by an adult or, on the contrary, it will be a profile 'Kids', For the smallest of the house.
- give to save to finish.
Delete or change a profile
If a colleague has gotten off the Disney Plus share boat, you can delete your profile — yes, change the password first, lest you continue using it as a cap.
- To delete your profile, Access Disney Plus from any profile.
- Then, click on the avatar in the upper right corner of the interface. Go to the option 'Edit Profiles'.
- A selection menu similar to the one you see every time you start the application will appear again, but with an edit symbol on the sides. Click to start editing the profile you want change or delete.
- In the first line, you can change the username or also your avatar. You can also change here language of the profile, select again whether or not it is a kids profile (you can set a pin and the age of the content that said user can consume) and you can also enable or disable GroupWatch.
- However, if what you are looking for is delete said profile, you will have to navigate to the bottom of the list and click on 'delete profile'. Upon confirmation, any recommendations that have been generated for that user will be removed from your Disney Plus account forever.
GroupWatch, the best way to share Disney+
One of the star features of Disney Plus is Group Watch. It allows viewing a film, documentary or television series with other people who are not close to us. This functionality can be done both with members of the same account and with users belonging to different Disney+ accounts.
GroupWatch allows a simultaneous playback on two or more devices (up to a total of 7), even enabling a "chat" so that we can express ourselves during playback. And yes, we say "chat" in quotes because it will only allow us to use predefined images, something similar to Twitch's 'emotes mode'.
However, GroupWatch is compatible with other interesting technologies, such as FaceTime on devices like the iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV. You can make a video call at the same time as watching a series or a movie, being a quite interesting and innovative experience. At El Output we made a demonstration a while ago, so, if you are wondering how to use GroupWatch with FaceTime, here is a detailed video in which you can learn how to do it, along with the rest of the applications that support Apple's Shareplay functions.
¿Is there a legal way to bypass the Disney+ limit?
Yes there is. And best of all, it is a completely official method. Disney Plus allows offline downloads. For example, suppose you are going on a long train trip and you want to watch some Disney Plus movies or series, even though you won't have a very good internet connection during the journey.
Well, before leaving, you can download the content you are going to see during your trip to your mobile or laptop. And, indeed, your device will not count as connected during that time as long as you are in airplane mode.
There is no total download limit beyond the storage of your smartphone, laptop or tablet. Nevertheless, you will have to connect to the Internet every 3 days so that Disney+ renews the licenses of your content and allows you to continue using it.