Every day, more of our interactions with others happen over the internet. You can play video games with a friend across the country, watch your nephew’s soccer game at home, and do a video call with a group of people all around the globe. Amazon’s latest feature for Prime Video is called “Watch Party” and it allows people to watch TV shows and movies together over the internet.
Amazon Prime Video “Watch Party” is a co-watching feature initially coming to the US. It’s included with a Prime membership and it allows people to watch content remotely with others, perfectly synchronized. One person is the “host” and they can start, stop, and pause the playback for everyone. It’s like watching a movie in the same room and one person has the remote.
Each Watch Party session can include up to 100 participants who must also have Amazon Prime memberships. The session also includes a built-in chat for text and emoji conversation. Watch Party currently only works on the desktop and it supports thousands of the TV shows and movies available through Prime Video. Content that can be purchased or rented is not included.
To start a session, simply navigate to the TV show or movie you want to watch and click the Watch Party icon. The host will be given a link that they can share with family and friends. Clicking the link will join the session and the content will be synced with the host.
We’ve seen similar features and 3rd-party extensions for other streaming services, so it’s great to see Prime Video joining in. Even before the pandemic kept many people at home, watching movies and TV shows with friends over the internet is something people did. Now it’s even easier for Prime members.
Sources: Amazon (1), (2) | Via: TechCrunch
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