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There was a time when often a plan was made to see a picture or to hang out with college friends or some office colleagues. If nothing else, it was my pleasure to go to each other's house and sit together and watch TV. But during the coronavirus epidemic, many people are forced to do 'work from home'. It is not possible to meet office friends or college. Movie theaters have also been closed continuously for the last five months.

Although a lot of new content has been released on entertainment apps like Netflix, Amazon Prime Videos, Disney+ Hotstar, but that too has to be seen alone. But do you know that you can also watch these movies and web-series by sharing them online with your friends, which will double your fun? Let us show you how.

Some browser extensions are available to watch online movies or share the rest of the content with friends. Streaming services can be shared easily with friends. Let's start with Netflix first and know how its content can be viewed online with friends.

Netflix Party


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Netflix's party is a well-known app through which Netflix content can be enjoyed online with friends. This app only runs on the Chrome browser on PC.


  • First, download and then install the Netflix Party extension.
  • After that, download Netflix on your computer or laptop, open it.
  • Go to the movie or web-series or other content you want to watch.
  • You will see the icon of "NP" (Netflix Party) along with the Chrome address bar, click on it.
  • After this, click on the option of 'Start Party', and after that send this URL to friends and you can view the same content simultaneously from their homes.
  • It also has the option of chat, so you can also talk with your friends while watching.
This app or extension is completely free.

Scener


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Scener is also a Chrome extension, but the good thing is that it supports streaming services like Disney Plus Hotstar, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, etc. in addition to Netflix. In this you can also create a group and 10 friends can be invited to a group, it is called Private Theater. In this way, you can also form separate groups of special friends and colleagues. Apart from this, while watching content, you can also chat by writing messages, audio, or video.


  • Go to the Scener website and set up a free account.
  • Then download its Chrome extension.
  • Then click on 'Host a Public Live Theater' or 'Private Theater' and choose the streaming app or service whose content you want to watch.
  • After this choose a movie or show that you want to watch and send the URL link to your friends and enjoy watching the content together.

Twitch Watch Parties (Amazon Prime Video)


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This is Amazon's streaming service on which the new Watch Parties feature is now available for users. But for this, it is necessary that PC Twitch users subscribe to Amazon Prime Videos first, if you have subscribed, you can join Watch Party run by others. Also, you can start a Watch Party on your own which others can join, and together you can enjoy watching the same content one at a time.


  • Create a Twitch account.
  • Click on the Twitch user name or your icon and click on the Twitch.tv website on the top right side.
  • Go to the Home menu, select the Stream Manager option, and on the right side you will find the option of Start watch Party.
  • After this, you can choose any content of Prime Video and start your watch party.

Rave


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Rave is an application that is available on both Android and iOS Play Stores and through this, you can also watch the content of Netflix together by sharing the online URL with friends. With this, you can easily enjoy a lot of YouTube content with friends along with Netflix.