According to today’s situation, we are all stuck in our houses and room. Yes, you got me right; I am discussing the social separating convention going on. But this does not mean you are all alone, you can still stay in touch with your people without putting each other at risk of getting sick. You can now watch movies together on Netflix to kill boredom. Wanna do it together? Not an issue anymore. Now you can watch2gether movies in the easiest way possible. This concept may be new to some people but not to some. There are various apps that are available through which you can easily watch2gether movies sitting at two different places. Don’t forget that every cloud has a silver lining so are these apps. So we should examine the most ideal ways and their advantages and disadvantages
Netflix party:
A Netflix party is the easiest way to enjoy watch2gether movies with friends. It is a chrome extension. Downloading the app isn’t a difficult part. One viewer needs to download the extension and all others can easily set up and get ready to watch their favorite movies with their loved ones. Still, confused about how to do it? See the following step-by-step guide, which will make the process easy for you.
- First of all, install the chrome extension of the Netflix party.
- Once you are done with downloading, search for the movies you are planning to watch together, click on the movie and pause it once the movie starts.
- Now move to the top right corner of your screen. Here you will see a red button named NP.
- Click on that button, on clicking you will get a link, I mean a sharable link that will lead your friends to reach you.
- Now you and your friends are all set to watch the movie together.
Advantage of Netflix party:
- The fascinating part about the Netflix party is that it allows you and people with a shareable link to chat with each other. Although you and your friends will not be displayed with your names so you have to remember which symbol belongs to which friend.
- You can watch the movies together on the full screen through the Netflix party.
- Anyone who is watching the movies has full authority to play, pause, and scrub through the timeline.
- Anyone who is watching the movie can adjust the stream.
The disadvantage of Netflix party:
- Giving too much ease, the biggest downside is that it makes people put extra effort if they want to switch from one movie to another. You have to make a new session once again if you want to switch from one movie to another movie.
- Not just this, moving from one episode to another in case you are watching a drama, will log everyone out at the end of each episode and you have to repeat the process all again.
Kast:
Another popular name that many people may be familiar with is kast. It just not help you watch movies and dramas online on Netflix but also on various other streaming platforms like YouTube etc. There are so many options through which you can access kast. Four of the methods you can use are MAC, IOS, desktop app, or web browser. You can easily download it for any of the above platforms by following below mentioned steps
- The first thing is to go to the online website of kast.
- There on the official website, you will find a download button. Click on the button.
- After clicking on the button you will be given three different options.
- Choose any one of it as per your requirement and press ok.
- The download will start and as soon as the download completes, you will see a signup page.
- Sign up at Kast to continue.
- After signing up, you need to create a room. To do so, click on the create button option and add description and tags of the room so people can easily find the room and also know through the description that what the room is about.
- After completing these step select whether you want the room to be private or public.
- Invite your friends to join you and you are all set to watch movies together.
Advantages of Kast:
- You can add as many friends as you want in a kast session.
The disadvantage of kast:
- The setting up of kast is a little difficult and lengthy as compared to other streaming platforms.
Rabbit:
Like the above two, the rabbit is also another service that is on the top when we talk about screen sharing service. The popularity of rabbit screen share service is because it is accessible through any platform including desktops, iOS, Android, Mac, etc. Not just this you can watch anything together using this service including YouTube, Netflix, Hulu, and much more popular names. The downloading procedure of the rabbit is not a big deal. However, you can take the help of the following steps to download it.
- The first step is to choose which platform you want to download it for.
- For android, you need to download the apk and make an account on it.
- After making an account, you will share the screen with your friends and all of you can watch the movie on the go.
Advantages of Rabbit :
- Using this app, you can share the full view of your browser.
- The one who is in charge can pause and play the movies as well as can visit different other files and websites as per his choice.
- The most fascinating feature of the rabbit is its chatting facility. The sidebar chatting provides you with all your friend’s names and pictures.
- It also provides you with the facility to talk on video or audio calls while watching movies.
Disadvantages of Rabbit:
- The stream quality of Rabbit screen shareservice is not good as compared to other screen sharing apps and platforms.
- You will find the Netflix movies and series pixelated even if you are watching alone.
- You can not set the size of the screen as per your choice.