# SideWatch

> Comment movies and videos together, asynchronously

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `sidewatch`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Devolt
- **Category:** photos-music-videos,social-communication
- **Daily users:** 6
- **Version:** 0.1.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-01-17
- **First published:** 2026-01-11
- **Size:** 231 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/sidewatch/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/sidewatch/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/sidewatch/privacy/)

## Description

While watching, you can write comments that appear directly on the video as it plays, like a shared chat tied to the movie itself. Your friends, watching the video at a different time, see your reactions pop up at the exact moment of the video they were tied to, making it feel like you watched together.

Choose who sees each comment: all your friends, a specific person, or a custom group. Use the on-video overlay to write messages and follow your friends’ reactions without leaving the video.

Perfect for partners, friends, and shared watch groups. No scheduling, no syncing, just shared moments.

## Rankings

- #42,023 — Overall
- #101 — watch

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `<all_urls>`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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