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Amazon Prime Video’s “Watch Party” function — related to how the third-party Netflix Party extension works — is now obtainable in India. “Watch Party” permits you to stream a Prime Video title with up to 100 family and friends members (so long as everybody concerned additionally has an Amazon Prime membership) and chat with them in a sidebar. Amazon takes care of video and audio synchronisation, all you will have to do is decide a title (and get the popcorn). With this, Amazon turns into the primary main streaming platform in India to provide you with a bunch watch function of its personal, that works in every single place.
To get began, head over to primevideo.com in a Web browser. Amazon’s “Watch Party” is at the moment restricted to pc browsers comparable to Chrome and Firefox. (Safari and Internet Explorer aren’t supported.) Once you are logged in, discover the title you are in watching with others. On the title web page, it is best to see a Watch Party button (as beneath). For TV reveals, the Watch Party button can be obtainable subsequent to each particular person episode. Once you click on Watch Party, you’ll be requested to choose a chat title earlier than you’ll be able to hit Create Watch Party (as above). You’ll be then given a hyperlink you’ll be able to share with others.
Your family and friends have to be utilizing a pc browser as effectively, to be part of your Amazon Prime Video “Watch Party”. The one who created the Watch Party could have entry to video controls, together with pause, play, rewind, and quick ahead, Amazon notes. This is not like Netflix Party, the place everybody on the stream can pause, play, rewind, and quick ahead. But with Amazon’s “Watch Party”, the one management for contributors is your alternative of audio and subtitle language. This is not attainable with Netflix Party, as a result of the browser extension has not been made by Netflix itself.
Amazon initially rolled out “Watch Party” in the US again in July. If you might be hoping to watch Prime Video along with your family and friends in the US, you will be disillusioned to know that — not like Netflix Party — Amazon’s “Watch Party” does not work throughout borders.
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