Family Sharing has been a genuinely useful feature since Apple introduced it in June 2014. It allows you to share your apps, subscriptions, and purchases with up to five family members, negating the need to buy them multiple times.
Since its release, Family Sharing has received several updates, but one thing has remained unchanged. Every purchase made under Purchase Sharing is charged directly to the family organizer’s credit card, regardless of who makes it.
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That’s all good when children are making the purchase, but what about other adults in the family sharing the plan? This has been a quiet frustration for families for over a decade, and Apple has finally addressed it with iOS 26.4.
What has changed?
With the iOS 26.4 RC release today, Apple updated how billing works inside Family Sharing. Adult members can now use their own payment method when making purchases,
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