Netflix It is the most widespread and widely used entertainment medium in recent years, with a considerable increase in subscribers and activity within a platform that does not stop growing. It is always in constant evolution, including image and quality improvements, as well as tools to make it easier to use. In fact, it has recently launched a new extension called Netflix Party, a new way to watch series and movies with a very nice feature.
It is an extension of the platform to bring together friends and family that we have far from home, with which we can follow their content simultaneously. Thus, through his chat It will be possible to chat and comment in real time with your loved ones about everything that happens while we reproduce the content. A very useful and comfortable tool to be people of our people, especially now with the confinement circumstances that we live.
Why isn't Netflix Party for Android officially here?
Unfortunately, this tool is not available, at least for now, for mobile platforms. As mentioned in a statement by Netflix, it will only be available for the web version of computers, so we will not find this new functionality for the Netflix APK on Android.
The reason? The truth is that Netflix Party is not fully implemented on the platform itself, but rather works as a web extension. This extension is downloaded from the store Google Chrome, and we know that at the moment the Android software does not support the operation of web extensions, so it is impossible to obtain for mobile devices this great tool.
How to get Netflix Party on Android
However, there are reasons for hope. More than hope, it is a reality, since it is possible to bring friends together to watch our favorite series and movies from a distance, although external to the Netflix app. Nothing illegal and completely freeIt is simply a tool that will help us chat and spend time with our people while using the streaming platform.
The external app that we are going to use is Rave, which we can find in Google Play for free. Thanks to it, we can simultaneously view content with remote people and comment on what happens. The name of the app already tells us a lot about what it offers: meeting and meeting people (virtually), listening to all kinds of music and many other forms of entertainment to have a good time. It is compatible with many streaming video platforms, such as YouTube, Vimeo and even Google DriveAlthough in this article we will focus exclusively on Netflix.
Once installed, we enter with our email, Twitter o Facebook. You must bear in mind that to access the platforms offered by the app, you must have a personal account from which you are going to choose. On the screen of Home We can see all the public chats that are live that you can join. There are four types of chats: public, which can be accessed by any user who is live, with friends, added from your contact list, with close people, by geolocation of people near you or private, in which you decide who can access the chat.
To start watching the content on Netflix, we must click on the "+" sign, located in the lower right corner. From there, we chose this as a platform to share content with friends and family. Actually the function of the app is to simulate the web version of Netflix, so that this Party functionality can be compatible, something that can be corroborated with the layout of the interface and the loading times. Next we select the series that we want to see in company and the chapter in question, although we have already mentioned that also works for movies.
The video will play automatically, so we must pause it before adding friends. We can invite the members of the chat through various methods, be it WhatsApp, Telegram, SMS or through a link. In addition, it is possible to vote on the content once it has been seen by the members, and even activate or deactivate the group's microphones, especially if the chat is public.
In summary, these are the steps to follow to watch Netflix Party-style movies and series with friends. To make everything more synthesized and clear, we are going to list the most elementary steps:
- We enter the Rave application and click on the "+" sign, located in the lower right corner.
- We chose Netflix as a platform to share content
- We select the series that we want to see in company and the chapter in question, or the movie, failing that.
- Pause video to add friends manually.
Not an innovative feature
The truth is that this tool is imported from other ideas in the past. Specifically from Facebook, and even if it was not with movies and series, it was a tool for those who want to view a video in a group. The idea of Facebook with Watch party is to allow users of a group on the social network to view a certain video at the same time and comment on the content through a chat window. It was launched to compete with the large content platforms, such as YouTube or Netflix itself. In fact, some countries began to create their own content so that it could only be played from Watch.
Movies or series to use Netflix Party
Beforehand, Netflix Party serves practically any movie or series from the original catalog of the American platform, although there is some content more conducive to sharing with other people and commenting on the events. The main reason is that they have scenes and behaviors that can be discussed or discussed with the rest of the members, although it is best to bet on comedy content to have a good time.
- Stranger Things
- Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
- Elite
- The paper house
- Your Name
- Marriage Story
- The invisible guest
- Space Jam
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