How to Host a Facebook Watch Party to Watch Videos With Friends

It’s enjoyable to watch movies which were posted on Facebook, nevertheless it’s much more enjoyable whenever you watch them in actual time with a group of mates. You can do that with Facebook’s Watch Party characteristic.

How to Start a Facebook Watch Party

You can begin a Facebook Watch Party utilizing your private profile from Facebook.com on the net or by way of the Facebook cell app for iOS/Android. Instructions are supplied beneath for each, however screenshots are supplied just for the net model.

1. On Facebook.com, choose the plus signal (+) icon within the high proper adopted by put up to open the put up composer.

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   On the app, faucet What’s in your thoughts? on the high of your News Feed to open the put up composer.

   You also can entry the put up composer out of your profile web page.

2. On Facebook.com, choose the three dots within the backside proper of the put up composer after which select Watch Party.

   
   

   On the app, scroll by the choices within the backside menu and choose Watch Party.

3. Add a video to your Watch social gathering by:

   • Searching for a video: Use the search area on the high to search by title, style, key phrase, and so forth.
   • Browsing advised playlists: Select whole playlists of movies like Games, Relationships, Home & Garden and extra to choose a video.
   • Selecting a video you already watched: Select Watch from the horizontal menu to see your watch historical past on Facebook.
   • Selecting a present stay video: Select Live from the horizontal menu to see a checklist of movies which are at present streaming stay.
   • Selecting a video you saved: Select Saved from the horizontal menu to see a checklist of movies you beforehand saved on Facebook.
   • Selecting one in all your personal movies: Select My movies from the horizontal menu to see a checklist of movies you have uploaded.

   Select any video to add a blue checkmark to its checkbox.

   
   

   Videos should be set to public to add them to your Watch Party. You also can add a number of movies, which is able to play within the order that they are added.

4. Select Next (Facebook.com) or Done within the high proper nook (cell app).

5. The video or movies you selected will probably be added to your put up composer. Add an optionally available description in the put up area above the movies.

   
   

6. Select Post.

7. Once you put up your Watch Party, it is going to begin taking part in and your pals will probably be notified (if they’ve notifications enabled) to allow them to take part.

   Click or faucet on your Watch Party put up in your News Feed or in your profile to view it in full display screen mode.

   
   

8. Select Share on the backside of the video to share it to particular mates.

   If you are on Facebook.com, you can even use the search perform and checklist of names on the fitting underneath Invite Others to invite mates. Online mates will probably be listed on the high. Select Invite beside any pal to ship them an invitation.

9. Optionally add extra movies to your Watch Party video queue because the Watch Party is being hosted. On Facebook.com, choose the blue Add Video button on the fitting to see a comparable display screen proven in step three.

   On the cell app, choose the plus signal (+) button beneath the video.

10. To see what number of viewers there are, search for the particular person icon and quantity beneath the video. Viewers will probably be in a position to depart feedback and reactions on the movies.

    Add a Co-host to your Watch Party by choosing Add Co-host in the fitting column (Facebook.com solely) to search and choose a title. Co-hosts can add extra movies, pause, play, quick ahead and rewind the movies.

11. When you need to finish your Watch Party, choose the three dots within the high proper nook of the video of Facebook.com and choose End Watch Party adopted by End to verify.

    
    

    To finish your Watch Party on the cell app, faucet the video after which faucet the X that seems within the high left nook. Tap End Watch Party adopted by End to verify.

Host a Watch Party From a Page or Group

The directions above present you ways to host a Watch Party out of your Facebook profile, however you are able to do it from a Page or a Group too. To do it from a Page, nevertheless, you should be an admin or editor of that Page.

Start a Watch Party from a Page or Group by navigating to that Page or Group and discovering the put up composer. On a Page, that is the Create Post button and in a Group, it is the sphere labeled, What’s in your thoughts, title? Then you’ll be able to merely observe steps two by 10 above.

What Is a Facebook Watch Party?

A Facebook Watch Party is a devoted put up for a stay watch session of a video or sequence of movies. When you click on on the put up, the video opens in full display screen mode alongside extra options that can be utilized for the Watch Party. It’s comparable to a Facebook stay stream, however the video does not essentially want to be stay. It simply has to be hosted on Facebook.

Friends can take part your Watch Party and watch alongside with you. There’s additionally a remark part so you’ll be able to chat concerning the movies as you watch them collectively.