How to Watch Movies With Friends Online: 3 Easy Options
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Summary
The rise in online watch parties comes as a great alternative when friends and family are unable to schedule an in-person movie night, furthermore, not everyone necessarily has the money to go to the movies anytime they want.
There are three ways to accomplish this, Discord, Teleparty, and Apple SharePlay, which turns FaceTime into a watch party.
In order to run a watch party on Discord, everyone must create a Discord account, then Download and install Discord.
Teleparty is a browser plugin that is available for Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Firefox, Opera, Android, and Safari enabling a new option—Start a Teleparty once a watch party is initiated, copy the link and send it to anyone who wants to watch and is subscribed to the same streaming service.
Apple SharePlay turns FaceTime into a watch party, running a watch party through FaceTime callers use the Share button and then select a supported app from the list, once the movie or show is selected select Play > SharePlay, and have everyone on the call select Join SharePlay when it appears, everyone will have control over media playback.
