# Metastream Remote

> Watch streaming media with friends.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/metastream-remote](https://chrome-stats.com/d/metastream-remote)

## Overview

- **ID:** `metastream-remote`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Samuel Maddock
- **Category:** photos-music-videos,social-communication,games-entertainment
- **Daily users:** 9,635
- **Weekly downloads:** 66
- **Rating:** 4.32 / 5 (106 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.4.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-03
- **First published:** 2019-04-19
- **Size:** 59 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/metastream-remote/)
- **Website:** [https://getmetastream.com/](https://getmetastream.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/metastream-remote/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/metastream-remote/privacy/)

## Description

Metastream Remote is a Chrome extension that enables synchronized streaming media playback with friends. By creating a session at [app.getmetastream.com](https://app.getmetastream.com), users can watch movies and television together, controlling video and audio playback across all participants' devices. Each participant must have their own subscription accounts for the streaming services used. This extension manages synchronization by sending commands like play, pause, and seek to embedded video players, ensuring everyone watches the same content at the same time.

The source code is open and available on GitHub for transparency and auditing purposes. Metastream Remote enhances shared online watching experiences, making it easy and seamless to enjoy streaming media with friends remotely.

## Rankings

- #782 — Overall
- #60 — Games & Entertainment
- #77 — Social & Communication
- #128 — Photos, Music & Videos
- #17 — relate
- #17 — stream

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `declarativeNetRequest`
- `webNavigation`
- `webRequest`
- `contextMenus`
- `scripting`
- `storage`

### Host permissions

- `<all_urls>`

### Content script matches

- `app.getmetastream.com`
- `local.getmetastream.com`
- `127.0.0.1`
- `localhost`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very high risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Reviews are overwhelmingly positive: multiple users praise the add-on and describe it as functional and useful. There are no recurring technical complaints across the reviews; isolated negatives exist but are not repeated. Several review entries are repeated promotional/spam messages, which is a notable pattern in the review set.

### Pros

- Widespread positive sentiment — many reviewers thank the developers and call the add-on awesome or very nice

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/metastream-remote)