"Valve's Steam Families: Enhanced Game Sharing and Parental Controls"
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Valve has introduced Steam Families in beta, enhancing the family-sharing settings on the platform, allowing users to share their library with up to five family members and gain access to games owned by others. The new feature combines Family Sharing and Family View, offering parental controls, playtime limits, and playtime reports. Currently available in the Steam Beta Client, Steam Families aims to make game sharing and access control more convenient for users.
- Steam Families brings shared libraries and parental controls together Polygon
- Steam Families lets up to six people take turns with shared library titles Ars Technica
- Steam Families Beta Introduces Parental Controls, Game Sharing, and Getting Banned If Your Siblings Cheat IGN
- Valve Introduces New Steam Family Game Sharing Program Game Informer
- Valve launches new Steam Families household game sharing tools Eurogamer.net
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