Watch Remotely

Watch Remotely allows you to watch online videos together with friends - without being in the same room. Supported services are:…
What is Watch Remotely?
Watch Remotely is a Chrome extension that allows you to watch online videos with friends, regardless of your physical location. It supports popular streaming services such as Stan, Binge, YouTube Premium, Disney+, and AnimeLab Premium. Simply create a party, share the URL, and enjoy synchronized playback. Please note that it is in beta and requires all participants to have accounts for the supported services.

Extension stats

This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2023-04-01
Users: 2,540+
Rating: 1.75 (8)
Version: 1.2.0 (Last updated: 2020-07-27)
Creation date: 2020-05-07
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: High risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • activeTab
Size: 252.93K

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Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

Watch Remotely allows you to watch online videos together with friends - without being in the same room.

Supported services are:

  • Stan (Australia)
  • Binge (Australia)
  • YouTube Premium
  • Disney+
  • AnimeLab Premium

How to use:

  • Everyone needs to have the extension installed and be logged into a supported service
  • One person goes to the video they want to watch, click on the WatchRemotely button, and click "Start Party"
  • After creating the party, click on the WatchRemotely button to get the URL to copy

It's that easy! Whenever someone joins, all videos will be paused. Anyone can click play, and everyone's video will play.

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User reviews

Pointless extension. Doesn't play or pause for all participants, actually has no use.
by Samuel Kelly, 2021-11-02

Did not work on Stan at all, just came up with a message saying head to a supported site, but I was already on one!
by Micaela Hanlon, 2021-09-08

Does not work for Stan (Australia).
by Tsyku, 2021-09-05
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Watch Remotely requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Watch Remotely may not be trust-worthy. Avoid installing if possible unless you really trust this publisher.

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