This was a popular trend during the pandemic, as people looked to virtually watch movies and TV with family and friends, prompting services like Hulu and Amazon Prime Video to add native co-watching features.īut Apple’s SharePlay goes much further than streaming music and video from just Apple’s own services.
The company also showed off watching video from its Apple TV+ streaming service, where the video was synced in real time between call participants. Shared playback controls also let anyone on the call play, pause or jump to the next track. Apple demonstrated the new feature during its Worldwide Developer Conference keynote, showing how friends could press play in Apple Music to listen together, as the music streams to everyone on the call.
