Watch YouTube together — free, no sign-up to join.
Queue up videos, press play, and Watchly keeps every screen in sync. The simplest way to watch YouTube together with friends, with live chat built right in.
100% free for YouTube · No account needed to join a room
To watch YouTube together with friends, open Watchly, create a free room and share the link. Everyone who joins sees the same video at the same second — play, pause and skip stay in sync automatically — with a shared queue and live chat built in. It works right in the browser and as native iOS and Android apps, and no account is needed to join a room.
YouTube, better with friends
Shared queue
Everyone adds videos to a shared playlist — no more passing the aux.
Perfect sync
Play, pause and skip together. Watchly keeps every viewer at the same second.
Live chat
React and chat in real time while the video keeps rolling.
How to watch YouTube together
Create a room
Open Watchly and start a free room — no setup required.
Share the link
Send the link to friends. They join instantly in the browser.
Queue & play
Add YouTube videos to the shared queue and watch in perfect sync.
Why watching YouTube together needs a sync app
If two people just open the same YouTube link, they drift apart within seconds — one buffers, one skips the intro, and the moments never line up. A YouTube watch party app fixes that by relaying every play, pause and seek to everyone in the room in real time, so you are always on the same frame. Watchly also gives you a shared queue, so the whole group can line up videos together instead of passing the aux.
How to watch YouTube together on any device
Watchly works three ways: as a Chrome extension on your laptop, and as native iOS and Android apps on your phone. Start a room, share the link, and friends can join instantly in their browser with no sign-up. Because the sync is cross-platform, someone on an iPhone and someone on a laptop stay perfectly in step — ideal for watching YouTube together long distance.
Watch YouTube together vs. screen sharing and SharePlay
Screen sharing over a video call re-streams one person's screen, so quality drops and audio lags behind. Apple's SharePlay keeps playback in sync but only works between Apple devices on a FaceTime call. Watchly plays real YouTube on each device — full quality, no screen-share lag — and works across iPhone, Android and Chrome at the same time. For other services and a full comparison, see the best watch party apps.
More than movies — music and long distance
Because a Watchly room is a shared queue, it doubles as a listening party for music videos, live sets and playlists. Couples and friends use it for long-distance movie nights and to watch Netflix together too. Ready to start? Get Watchly free.