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- Disney+ added a new feature called GroupWatch that allows up to seven people to watch the same show or movie together across multiple devices.
- Anyone participating in a GroupWatch stream can pause, play, rewind, or fast forward the content.
- The Mandalorian season 2 launches on October 30th and should be the perfect show to watch along with friends and family using the GroupWatch feature.
Virtual watch parties had been picking up steam before the pandemic forced us all inside, but it seems like every big streaming service and platform is adding the feature in 2020. Amazon brought Watch Parties to both Prime Video and Twitch in recent months, while a number of third-party tools have popped up which allow viewers to watch shows and movies along with friends and family on Netflix and other streamers that don't have a built-in feature.
This week, Disney+ became the latest service to add its own co-streaming feature called GroupWatch which "allows for up to seven people to watch together in a synced playback experience available across web, mobile, connected TV devices and Smart TVs, and share reactions in real time." And it's available right now.
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Disney+ gets a watch party feature just in time for ‘The Mandalorian’ season 2 originally appeared on BGR.com on Wed, 30 Sep 2020 at 16:33:35 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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