# Watch Together

> Host-synced video watch party in the main window.

by Cya · Free

[Canonical HTML](https://cya.live/apps-center/watch-together)

![Watch Together icon](https://cya.live/apps-center/img/watch-together/icon.webp)

Load any video URL and the whole room watches in sync — the host controls play, pause and seek. Built on the public Cya App SDK.

## What you can do

- **Paste a link, press play**: Any direct video link works. The host loads it from the Controls panel and the main window switches to it for everyone.
- **Frame-accurate sync**: Every viewer derives the position from the shared room clock, so late joiners and background tabs land on the same frame, and so does the show recording.
- **Host-only transport**: Play, pause, a seek slider and ten-second skips live in the host's Controls panel. Viewers cannot change playback.
- **Starts over at the end**: When the video ends the room pauses on the last frame; Play starts it again from the top.

## How it works in a room

1. The host installs Watch Together from the Apps Center and opens it in the main window.
2. The host pastes a video link into the Controls panel and presses Load.
3. Play, pause, seek or skip ten seconds; every viewer follows within a fraction of a second.
4. Load another link at any time, or close the app to return to the stage.

## Screenshots

![Illustration of a large screen playing a film with rows of small avatars watching it together](https://cya.live/apps-center/img/watch-together/s1.webp)

One link, the whole room watches

![Illustration of several laptops and phones showing the identical film frame, linked by a glowing line to one clock](https://cya.live/apps-center/img/watch-together/s2.webp)

Every screen on the same frame

![Illustration of one hand holding a remote with play and skip buttons while a crowd watches a screen](https://cya.live/apps-center/img/watch-together/s3.webp)

The host holds the remote

## Add it to your show

1. Start or open your show on cya.live or in the Cya app. You are the host.
2. Open Apps in the room and switch to the Apps Center tab.
3. Tap Install. The app joins My Apps in every room you host.
4. Pick it from My Apps to put it in the main window. Its settings live in the Controls panel.

## Your questions, answered

**What video links work?**

Direct links to a video file over https, such as an .mp4 or a stream URL your browser can play. Page links from video sites are not supported.

**Can viewers pause or seek?**

No. Only the host controls playback; everyone else stays in sync with the host.

**Does the recording stay in sync too?**

Yes. The show recording follows the same shared position as every viewer.

**Is Watch Together free?**

Yes. Install it from the Apps Center inside any Cya show.

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