Share experiences with SharePlay
With SharePlay, you and your friends and family can listen to music, watch TV and movies, or view content together while on a FaceTime call. Start a real-time watch party with friends, check out a new music release together, share a video or song with your friends in Messages, or share what’s on your screen and talk about it. Your friends can participate on their iPhone (iOS 15 or later), iPad (iPadOS 15 or later), or Mac with macOS Monterey or later installed. You can also watch content on Apple TV (tvOS 15 or later) while chatting with your friends on another device.
Note: Some apps that support SharePlay require a subscription to participate. Not all features and content are available in all countries or regions.
Begin with FaceTime. Start a FaceTime call, invite your friends, family, or colleagues, and then use SharePlay to share an experience with them. You can also add a SharePlay link to a thread in Messages. Take advantage of the new features that make FaceTime calling even better—grid view, Spatial Audio (which spreads out the voices so they sound like they’re coming from where your friends are positioned), and voice isolation (which spotlights your voice and minimizes background noise).
Watch together. Bring movies, TV shows, web videos, and more into your group FaceTime calls, and enjoy the connection with others while watching video together. If you pause, rewind, fast-forward, or skip to a different scene, everyone’s playback remains in sync. With smart volume, audio is adjusted automatically so you can continue to chat while watching.
Listen together. Share music with your friends right in your FaceTime calls, or host a full-blown dance party. When listening together, anyone on the call can add songs to the shared queue. The playback controls are shared by everyone on the call and, by listening with smart volume, you and everyone else can chat without having to shout.
Share your screen. Use SharePlay in FaceTime to bring webpages, apps, and more into your conversation. Anything that appears on your screen can be part of a shared moment. Browse vacation rentals together, shop for bridesmaid dresses, teach a new skill, or give an impromptu slideshow in Photos. Select a single window to share, or share your whole screen.