Watching Amazon Prime Video TV shows and movies remotely with your friends just got easier and more convenient.

2024/05/2611:12:33 technology 1188

Watching Amazon Prime Video TV shows and movies remotely with your friends just got easier and more convenient. - DayDayNews

Watching Amazon Prime Video TV shows and movies remotely with your friends just got easier and more convenient. The service's "Watch Party" feature has received a much-needed expansion from its previously limited use cases - on Fire TV devices, the desktop web browser and the Prime Video mobile app - it now supports non- Amazon streams Media devices, smart TVs and Xbox / PlayStation game consoles. TechCrunch first reported the expansion.

Watch Party allows up to 100 people with Prime subscriptions to view content simultaneously. The host can play, pause, skip, fast forward or rewind for the group and everyone can talk about what they are watching.

Currently, Amazon's Watch Party feature is only available in the United States. "If you are using a VPN, an error message will appear," Amazon notes in its FAQ. Everyone can share access to content that can be streamed for free with a Prime subscription. But if you want to watch a rental-only movie, everyone has to do it individually. Watch Party is not compatible with live events (such as Thursday Night Football), Amazon Prime Video Channels, or Freevee (formerly IMDBtv).

While many such group viewing experiences emerged during the COVID-19 lockdown, Amazon began testing Watch Party through its Twitch service in 2019. Hulu offers a similar feature of the same name, Disney Plus offers GroupWatch, and streaming TV apps like Sling TV have also joined in.


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