- Sharing is caring, right?
You and your significant other love to watch certain shows.
Matter of fact, that household rule for certain shows
is that you don't watch on your own.
You wait.
Darn you, you wait!
But it's tempting.
Some folk have a side piece, you have a side stream.
Binge cheating.
I know.
I've been tempted to journey down that rabbit hole of shame
and step out on my wife
to watch episodes of "Moon Knight" recently,
but for you,
what if watching the latest episode
of "Abbot Elementary" coming up
is living rent free in your mind and you need to see it,
but you're outta town on business?
What if it's you and your siblings' favorite show
but they live in another state?
I'm gonna show you how to watch your favorite shows
with your besties,
even if they live on the east coast
and you're on the best coast.
Yeah, I said it.
Come at me, bro.
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So you may have seen Facebook Watch Parties
and some other services
which allow you to watch content with family and friends,
and you may have seen Apple launch a feature
which also does that called SharePlay.
First released with iOS, iPad OS and tvOS 15.1
late last year, it's stable of compatible apps
has expanded beyond the initial launch apps
over these last few months.
Recently, Hulu announced compatibility with SharePlay,
adding to a list which includes Apple TV+, naturally,
as well as Disney+, ESPN+, Showtime, HBO Max,
TikTok, Paramount+, and Twitch, just to name a few.
Additionally, the feature works with podcasts,
gaming and music apps.
Well, there's some good streaming in there
between all those apps,
so I'm gonna show you how to utilize this
so you don't go stream cheating
on your TV buddy or your spouse.
And so let's start with SharePlay streaming on your iPhone.
First things first, you have to be on iOS, iPad OS,
or tvOS, 15.1 at the very least.
For iPhone, you can check that
by going into the settings app, then General,
tap on About.
Okay, you're good?
Good.
Now down to the nitty gritty.
This all begins with FaceTime.
You're going to initiate a FaceTime call
with that FaceTime pal
you wanna stream whatever content with.
Once on the call, you can minimize,
then go look for whatever supported app
that you're going to stream from.
If that app is supported,
it will recognize that you're on a FaceTime call
and ask you if you want to initiate a SharePlay session.
Now you can watch whatever content a couple different ways.
You can watch it full screen on your iPhone or iPad
with a little window floating on top
which shows you your caller,
or you can minimize it back to the FaceTime window
and you'll see three windows there:
your camera, the caller's camera,
and the content you're sharing.
One of the great features of SharePlay
and Apple's great integration of its products
is that if you're also an Apple TV owner,
you can use the phone to chat
while streaming the shared content on your TV.
Here's how you do that.
After the call has been initiated
or while on a call with someone,
go to your Apple TV and bring up control center.
Now the first time you try to share a play to your Apple TV,
it's gonna ask you if you want to enable the feature.
Go ahead and confirm and click okays
and then you should be good to go.
Now, when you wanna watch a show,
look for the SharePlay option there in control center
below your Apple ID avatar or avatars and click on it.
And Bob's your uncle.
With some of the apps, after you've enabled it,
it will actually automatically SharePlay to your Apple TV,
but you can also turn that feature off.
I have to say that I found moving a SharePlay
that you started phone to phone
to streaming for you on your TV, it's a bit wonky.
I had it hang with Disney+.
Hulu, I got it to work, but it was,
you may have to play with it a bit.
And once it's working to your satisfaction,
you'll be streaming to your TV
while teaming up on your mobile device.
But what about sharing a new favorite song with your fam?
Works similarly
to how you get things started on your iPhone.
Initiate that call,
then swipe up to go home and open up Apple Music.
Select a song and press play.
In this case,
I'm going to share one of my favorite soundtracks
with myself.
The iconic "Cowboy Bebop" soundtrack from the band Seatbelts
from the 1998 "Cowboy Bebop" series.
(speaking in foreign language)
So I bet you didn't know
you were gonna get relationship therapy
in this week's video.
I hope my tips here have saved you
from a life of binge infidelity
and that your marriage, your puppy loves,
your casual but potentially serious dalliances
are the better for it.
I'm Tshaka Armstrong for reviews.org.
Don't take it lightly that you spent your time here
watching with us today.
I'm sharing because I'm caring,
and I thank you for being with us.
I will catch you on the next video.