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If you’ve ever wanted to watch the same movie or TV show episode with a friend thousands of miles away, you may want to know about Amazon Prime Video Watch Party and how to take advantage of the function to have the communal experience of a movie theater right in your own home.
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Done are the days of clicking “play” at the same time as a friend or family member. With Amazon Prime Video Watch Party, users can stream the same movie or TV show episode at the same time as dozens of people while live-chatting about the content that you’re watching.
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Whether you want to stream with one friend thousands of miles away or want to host a Watch Party with 100 of your closest friends (or strangers), Amazon Prime Video Watch Party is one of the service’s best-kept secrets. Read on for how to host an Amazon Prime Video Watch Party to stream The Summer I Turned Pretty, The Boys and more TV shows and movies online with your friends and family.
What is Amazon Prime Video Watch Party?
Amazon Prime Video Watch Party is a function with Prime Video to chat about and watch certain titles and content virtually with friends and family. Watch Party allows users to chat and watch movies and TV shows with up to 100 people in the same country as they stream the content online at the same time together.
Users can also watch content available to buy or rent with their friends and family, though each user in the Watch Party must buy or rent the same video.Live content, Freevee and Amazon Prime Video Channels’ content also aren’t available with Amazon Prime Video Watch Party.
Amazon Prime Video Watch Parties can be streamed through the Prime Video App or supported Fire TV devices, as well as desktop web browsers with the exceptions of Microsoft Internet Explorer and Apple Safari.
How to start an Amazon Prime Video Watch Party
Read on for step-by-step instructions on how to start an Amazon Prime Video Watch Party.
Find the Amazon Prime Video title you would like to start a Watch Party with
Select “Watch Party”on the detail page
Enter a user name under “Chat Name”
Click “Create Watch Party” to create a Watch Party link
Invite Watch Party participants by clicking “Share” or selecting “Copy Link” and sharing it with other attendees
Note: Users can invite up to 100 participants. However, Watch Party attendees must be located in the same country and have access to the same Amazon Prime Video titles included with their membership.
How to join an Amazon Prime Video Watch Party
Read on for step-by-step instructions on how to join an Amazon Prime Video Watch Party.
Click the Amazon Prime Video Watch Party link you’ve been sent
Create or sign into your Amazon Prime Video account, or buy or rent the content for the Watch Party
At the join page, enter your user name under “Chat Name”
Click “Join Watch Party”
How much is Amazon Prime Video?
Amazon Prime Video costs $8.99 per month for non-Amazon Prime members. Amazon Prime Video comes for free with an Amazon Prime subscription, which costs $14.99 per month or $139 per year (a saving of about $36 from the monthly subscription.) Students can also subscribe to Amazon Prime Student for $7.49 per month or $69 per year, which is half the price of the regular subscription and also comes with Amazon Prime Video.
Does Amazon Prime Video have a free trial?
Amazon Prime Video’s free trial is four times longer than most other streaming services. Compared to Paramount Paramount. and Peacock, which offer just seven-day free trials, Amazon Prime Video’s free trial is 30 days. That’s three weeks more than competitors. The free trial also comes with the same benefits of Amazon Prime, such as free two-day shipping, Prime Music and more. But perhaps the best part about Amazon Prime Video’s free trial is that customers can sign up for it multiple times. According to Amazon, users can sign up for Amazon Prime Video’s free trial over and over again as long as it isn’t within the same 12 months. This means that if you if you haven’t been an Amazon Prime member for more than 12 months, you’re eligible to receive another 30 days for free.
After the free trial ends, Amazon Prime Video costs $8.99 per month for non-Prime members. However, if you’re an Amazon Prime member, Amazon Prime Video comes free with Amazon Prime, which includes Prime Delivery (such as free two-day shipping, free same-day shipping, free release-date delivery and free no-rush shipping), as well as access to Prime Music, Prime Gaming and Prime Reading. Amazon Prime costs $14.99 per month or $139 per year, which saves subscribers about $36 from the monthly subscription.
Below are step-by-step instructions for how to sign up for Amazon Prime Video’s free trial.
Click “Start your 30-day free trial“
Create or log into your Amazon account
Start watching Citadel on Amazon Prime Video for free
Subscribe to Amazon Prime Video here. Here’s how to sign up for free.
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