Amazon Prime Video Gets Watch Party Feature in the U.S.
Jun. 30, 2020Amazon Prime Video has started rolling out Watch Party – afeature that lets you watch movies and TV shows along with your friends and family. The feature is limited to users in the U.S. There’s no word on when it will go live in other regions.
To get started, open the title you’re interested to host and click on the Watch Party icon. You can now set a username for chats and invite your friends through a link. Invited participants will join the watch party through a desktop web browser.Image: Amazon
Participants will be able to chat with others in the session, thanks to the chat feature that is natively available. Moreover, you can even send stickers in the chatbox.Image: Amazon
The company says that watch parties are available on all desktop browsers except Apple’s Safari. Other devices such as Fire TV, smart TVs, game consoles, connected media players, mobile phones, and tablets are currently not supported.
While the feature supports titles that are available to stream, it is worth noting thatit won’t work with content that are available to rent or purchase.
If you’re outside the U.S. and are interested to host watch parties, there are always extensions likeNetflix PartyandVemosto the rescue. You could also check out a few other options towatch movies togetherwith your loved ones.
Subin writes about consumer tech, software, and security. He secretly misses the headphone jack while pretending he’s better off with the wireless freedom.
