Author: Eric Ravenscraft / Source: reviewgeek.com
The internet is a wonderful tool that lets you connect with friends all around the world. Yet, for some reason, most video services don’t offer a way to easily watch movies, TV, or video with your long-distance friends. Fortunately, these third-party tools pick up the slack.
If you and your friends that live far away want to watch a show on Netflix together, usually it involves pulling up a separate voice chat, counting down and hitting play at the same time. Then you have to weigh whether it’s worth the complicated effort of resyncing if either of you needs to pause to go to the bathroom or something. We’re aiming to fix these problems with the following services that let you watch things together with relative ease.
Netflix Party: Watch Netflix With Very Basic Chat
If all you want is basic syncing for Netflix, then Chrome extension Netflix Party is the easiest way to share with others. Install the extension and open up a movie or show on Netflix, then click the NP icon in your toolbar. You’ll be given a link that you can send to your friends. They’ll be directed to the show you’re watching and playback will be synced up automatically. Optionally, you can turn on a group chat sidebar that shows icons (but no names) for each person. The chat is extremely basic, designed mostly to help you communicate if you don’t have an outside voice or video chat, but it’ll do the job.
Rabbit: A Shared Browser to Watch Anything
The problem with most apps that let you watch movies together is that supporting each service can be complicated and cumbersome. Rabbit avoids this by letting you and your friends share a virtual desktop, instead. When you set up a “room,” you’re…
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