How to Watch Hulu With Friends

This article explains how to use the Watch Party feature on Hulu so that you can watch movies and shows on Hulu with your friends.

Can You Watch Hulu Together With Friends?

Hulu has a Watch Party feature that lets you watch together with friends. Instead of loading up Hulu and pressing start simultaneously, Watch Party automatically synchronizes playback for everyone in the party. Participants can communicate through text chat, but you need to use a third-party voice chat app like Discord if you want to talk to each other while you watch.

Here’s how to start a Hulu Watch Party:

1. Navigate to the Hulu website, locate a show or movie you want to watch, and click Details.
   

2. Click the Watch Party icon (outline of three people in a circle).
   

   If there is no Watch Party icon on the details page of a movie or show, that content is not available for Watch Party.

3. Click Start the Party.
   

4. Click the link icon to copy your Watch Party link, and send it to up to seven friends through email or the messaging app of your choice.
   

5. When everyone is ready, click START PARTY.
   

   You can see how many people are in your Watch Party by checking the number in the upper right corner.

6. Your Watch Party will count down and then start playing.
   

   To chat with your friends, click in the Type a message field, type your message, and press enter.

How Do You Join a Watch Party?

To join a friend’s Watch Party, ask them for a link. You can enter the link in any compatible web browser, log in to your Hulu account, and join the party.

Here’s how to join a Hulu Watch Party:

1. Paste your friend’s Watch Party link into any compatible web browser, and log into Hulu if prompted.
   

2. Click Join the Party.
   

3. Wait for your friend to start the Watch Party.
   

Is Hulu Watch Party Free?

Watch Party is free with your Hulu subscription. There is no extra charge for hosting or joining a Watch Party, and you can host or join as many times as you like. The only limitations on Watch Party are that you need an account, only eight people can participate at one time, and some content isn’t available on Watch Party.

Do My Friends Need To Have Hulu for Watch Party?

You can’t host or join a Watch Party without a Hulu subscription, so your friends all need to be signed into Hulu accounts to join. The exception is that two people can join a Watch Party using the same account as long as they sign into different profiles. That means you could have four people join a Watch Party using two accounts, or eight people join using four.

How Do I Use Teleparty on Hulu?

Teleparty is a third-party browser extension that lets you watch movies and shows with your friends on Hulu, Netflix, Disney+, and HBO Max. It works like Watch Party, but it requires a browser extension. Everyone still needs a subscription to the streaming service you’re watching, but it does let you watch shows and movies that aren’t available for Watch Party.

Here’s how to use Teleparty on Hulu:

1. Navigate to teleparty.com, and click Install Teleparty.
   

2. Click Get.
   

   The Teleparty extension isn’t available for all browsers. If it isn’t available for the one you're using, you’ll see a message to that effect.

3. Navigate to a show or movie on Hulu, and click the Play button.
   

4. Click the TP icon in your browser, and select Start the party.
   

5. If this is your first time using Teleparty, click Accept & Proceed.
   

6. Click the link icon in the upper right corner of the window, and send the link to your friends through email or a messaging app.
   

   Everyone needs to have a Hulu subscription and have the Teleparty browser extension.

7. When your friends join, Teleparty will synchronize their video with yours so that you can watch together.