ICloud Photo Beta with Family

My wife and I each have our own Apple IDs. Under my ID I purchased the extra storage for iCloud hence all of my photos and videos are uploading automatically to iCloud Photo Beta which is great. How can my wife set her iPhone to automatically upload all of her pictures and videos as well? I have initiated and set up Family Sharing but that creates a "Family Album" and does not automatically upload her pictures to the iCloud account I am running. Does she have to give up her iCloud? If so what are the steps to get her on mine? Thank you for the help everyone.

Hi there jschneid1005,
If I am understanding you correctly, it sounds like you would like to have an album where all of you and your wife’s photos are automatically uploaded. This can be accomplished by signing into your iCloud account on her device, which would then be kept up-to-date with your iCloud account:
iCloud Photo Library beta FAQ - Apple Support
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT6378
Another option is to activate iCloud Photo Library beta for her iCloud account so that her photos will be uploaded to her iCloud account and kept up-to-date, and then she can add photos to your shared Family Album at will.
Hope this information helps you understand how to accomplish what you desire. Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities. Have a good one!
-Braden

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