Disney+ is the only streamer to gets virtual watch parties

It's no surprise that virtual watch party tools and platforms exploded in popularity over the past year. With limited things to go out and do to spend time together, watching movies and shows together virtually was an easy activity to do with friends. These tools aren't new. Teleparty (previously NetflixParty) has been around for some years now and we've seen a myriad of other similar apps that do the same thing in different flavors. One that stands out is Scener which brilliantly brings a Twitch-esque broadcasting angle to the concept. Prime Video and Hulu eventually jumped into the fray offering their own built-in watch party tools which shrunk the space and shuttered upstarts like WatchWithFriends as they saw the writing on the wall that third party tools aren't likely to survive in this space. Still, only one of these tools from the streaming platforms gets it right.

#Watch Party #Sync Watch #User Experience 1 social mentions

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It's no surprise that virtual watch party tools and platforms exploded in popularity over the past year. With limited things to go out and do to spend time together, watching movies and shows together virtually was an easy activity to do with friends. These tools aren't new. Teleparty (previously NetflixParty) has been around for some years now and we've seen a myriad of other similar apps that do the same thing in different flavors. One that stands out is Scener which brilliantly brings a Twitch-esque broadcasting angle to the concept. Prime Video and Hulu eventually jumped into the fray offering their own built-in watch party tools which shrunk the space and shuttered upstarts like WatchWithFriends as they saw the writing on the wall that third party tools aren't likely to survive in this space. Still, only one of these tools from the streaming platforms gets it right.

#Group Chat & Notifications #Communication #Video & Movies 3 social mentions