Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorAmazon’s Prime Video has jumped into the “Watch Party” pool — a streaming trend that has gained momentum during the coronavirus crisis.The ecommerce company’s Prime Video service has started to gradually roll out Watch Party, its version of a native social-viewing experience, the company said Monday.
Available for users on desktop PCs, Prime Video’s browser-based Watch Party lets up to 100 people watch a TV show or movie together in one virtual room.Using the feature, Prime members can host and participate in a Watch Party, with synchronized playback (which the host controls) and a chat sidebar to the right of the main video window.For now, the feature is available only in the United States.
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