Do accounts registered in different countries/regions support device sharing or cross-region home member invitations?
Learn about cross-region account limitations for device sharing and home member invitations due to data center policies.
Do accounts registered in different countries/regions support device sharing or cross-region home member invitations?
1. General Case: No support for cross-region sharing
If accounts are registered in different countries/regions, direct device sharing or home member invitations are not supported. This is due to data protection policy restrictions—accounts from different regions may belong to separate data centers, which inherently prevents cross-data center sharing or invitations.
2. Special Case: Compatibility issues in Southeast Asia and China's Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan regions
If the account belongs to the following regions: Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Brunei, Timor-Leste, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Hong Kong (China), Macau (China), Taipei (China), Even if the same region is selected, may fail due to the recent data storage service upgrade (with an error message "Due to different data centers"). In such cases, You may refer to the following content.
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