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A little closer.
Even from afar.

Gather & Join keeps a small group in sync while they watch the same thing, and adds a voice call so it feels like one room. Works with HBO Max, YouTube, video files on Google Drive, and the video player on Wix sites; more services are on the way.

Everyone stays in step

Play, pause, or seek and the whole room follows. If someone buffers, the room pauses and says who.

A call alongside the show

Voice is on when you join, camera is opt-in. Media goes directly between you and your friends, never through a server.

Your own accounts

Each viewer watches through the service's own player, signed in to their own account — on Google Drive, the same file shared with each of them. Nothing is captured, re-streamed, or altered.

Three steps to a good night

  1. Someone in the group runs the small companion server and shares its address. See Host a server.
  2. Everyone installs the extension and enters that address once on the setup page.
  3. One person opens the episode or video, presses Create a room, and reads out the six-character code. Everyone else presses Join.

Use headphones. Echo cancellation is tuned for the call, not for a show playing out of your speakers.