How to Set up an Amazon Prime Video Watch Party

Due to the unprecedented times, video streaming services have seen a huge spike in their userbase. Taking advantage of the same, they have added some other pretty nifty features that will keep the users engaged on their platform. And what better way to do so than including the ability to stream your favorite shows with your friends in real-time. In this regard, Amazon has now introduced the Prime Video Watch party for its Prime subscribers.

This new feature allows up to 100 users to join and watch their preferred TV shows, movies, and other entertainment shows. Likewise, there’s also the incorporation of the chatbox wherein you could start off with a discussion on your favorite scene right away. This Watch Party feature was already available in the US for quite some time and is now live for Indian audiences as well. So without further ado, let’s check out the steps to set up the Amazon Prime Video Watch party.

How to Set up an Amazon Prime Video Watch Party

The user who creates this party is entitled as the admin and only he could control the playback. So if you have created this party, then only you could pause, play, fast forward or rewind the video. The other users who join this group would only be in a position to control the audio and the subtitles on its end. On that note, what are its prerequisites? Well, to begin with, all of you should be having Amazon Prime subscriptions. Non-prime users wouldn’t be able to create or join this party. ‘

Along with that, this Watch Party is only available for the Amazon Prime Video desktop version, its mobile app doesn’t have this feature right now. Talking about which, Chrome and Firefox are the two supported browsers, Safari isn’t part of this list. So if you qualify for all these requirements, then here are the steps to set up the Amazon Prime Video Watch party. Follow along.