What is Netflix Party & How to Use it?

“Can you watch Netflix videos with friends without sharing the account information that is far away from you?” Watching movies and TV shows online has been a very important self-entertainment method in our daily life. As one of the most popular online video streaming services, Netflix has attracted millions of users. We could freely watch any movie or TV shows on Netflix.com once we have a Netflix subscription. However, sometimes we might need to watch Netflix movies with friends who are far away to get more fun while at the same time keep our Netflix account information private. How could we do this? Is there any way to watch Netflix movies with friends with social distance?

If you are looking for solutions for watching Netflix movies with friends together in social distance, this guide would be helpful. Here we would like to introduce you the best tool for watching Netflix movies online with friends far away – that’s Netflix Party Chrome extension.

Part 1: What is Netflix Party & How does it work?

What is Netflix Party? Why is it called as Netflix Party Chrome extension? Netflix Party, now called Teleparty, is a Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge extension to let you watch Netflix with your friends online that synchronizes video playback and adds group chat to your favorite Netflix shows. The extension also supports Disney+, Hulu, Prime Video, HBO, and YouTube.

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The extension synchronizes playback between everyone who’s watching, adds a chat window, and allows anyone who’s watching to play and pause the video. When someone hits the pause button, playback on everyone’s screen will stop.

Then, how to use Netflix Party Chrome Extension? It’s quite easy to create a session for using Netflix Party Chrome Extension to watch Netflix with friends online:

  • 1. Download the extension
  • 2. Open up Netflix, and start playing a video
  • 3. The Netflix Party extension icon next to your address bar should have changed from gray to red. Click on it.
  • 4. A window will pop up instructing you to “Create a Netflix Party.” You have the option to either give yourself total control over the playback, or leave it open to everyone. Click “Start the party.”
  • 5. Another window will pop up with a link. Click “Copy URL” and share it with your friends. If you need to, you can find this link again by clicking the Netflix Party extension icon.
  • 6. Netflix Party will automatically give you an icon. By clicking on the icon, you can change it (there are a few alternatives) as well as your nickname.

It’s even easier for you to join an existing Netflix Party session. Once you get the Netflix Party video URL, open the URL and then click on the Netflix Party icon to join in.

As mentioned above, Netflix Party extension not only works on Netflix streaming, but also other streaming services including Disney+, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, HBO and YouTube. Therefore, you could easily make use of Netflix Party Chrome extension to watch online videos from these services with friends online without sharing your account.

Part 2: Can I use Netflix Party on iPhone/iPad/Android?

How to do a Netflix Party on iPhone? Can you use Netflix Party extension on iPhone/iPad/Android devices to watch Netflix videos online with friends on mobile devices? Now smart devices have been a big role in people’s daily entertainment. That’s why many people have been looking for solutions to watch online videos on mobile devices with friends.

Unfortunately, Netflix Party extension now only works on Chrome web browser, Microsoft Edge and Mozilla Firefox. You will need to use the desktop version of Chrome, Microsoft Edge and Mozilla Firefox, since extensions aren’t supported on mobile versions. That means you can’t watch on your iPad, iPhone or on Android.

Part 3: How to download video from Netflix for offline enjoyment

With Netflix Party extension, you could freely watch Netflix videos online with friends together. But there are a couple of downsides. Firstly, chat usernames are not customizable. Secondly, the session will end upon the completion of a film or episode; if you want to watch a second video, you will need to make a new session and re-add everyone. Downloading Netflix videos onto computer and then watching with friends offline has been a choice. Then, how to download videos from Netflix for offline watching? Is there any way to download Netflix videos?

CleverGet Netflix Downloader is exactly what you need. As a professional Netflix video downloader, CleverGet Netflix Downloader could download and convert Netflix movies and TV shows to MP4/MKV files with desired subtitles and audio tracks at up to 1080P resolution for unlimited offline watching. With CleverGet Netflix Downloader, you could freely download Netflix movies and TV shows, and then watch with your friends with sync tools offline easily.

  • CleverGet Netflix Downloader
  • CleverGet Netflix Movies Downloader

    Support Netflix Movies and Shows Download
    Download 720p/1080p Netflix HD Videos Without Quality Loss
    Save Netflix Movies in MP4 or MKV Format
    Reserve Multi-Language Audio Track & Subtitles
    Remux Subtitles to Video

Follow the below guide to learn how to download Netflix videos with CleverGet Netflix Downloader. Make sure you have Netflix account and subscription already.

Note: CleverGet Netflix Downloader is a module built in CleverGet.

Step 1: Set output directory

Before you try to download Netflix videos, you can decide output directory at will. Kick off CleverGet on your computer after the installation, click the three-dot icon on its top-right corner and then open the “Settings” option to pop up detailed settings panel. Under “General” tab, you can set output directory in the “Save Video To” box and change other settings like Language, Appearance, Max Download Tasks, etc. Finally, click “Save” button.

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Step 2: Play back target Netflix video

Log into Netflix.com website with your own account within CleverGet program, and then play back the Netflix video you want to download. At the bottom right corner, you could see a download icon, by clicking which you could let CleverGet Netflix Downloader parse target Netflix video URL.

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Step 3: Choose download option

Once CleverGet successfully parses the Netflix video URL, it will list all available download options to you in different resolutions, frame rates and sizes. Choose the right one you want to download, then decide the Output format, Audio Track, and Subtitle below before you click the blue “Download” button to let CleverGet start downloading Netflix videos. Checking “Remux into file” option means the subtitles will be packed into downloaded video.

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Step 4: Check downloading and downloaded shows

There will pop up a sidebar on the right once the downloading starts, showing you the detailed downloading process. You could cancel or shut down any downloading task, or stop all downloading tasks at the same time.

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Step 5: Check downloaded Netflix videos

Once the downloading completes, you will be directed to the “Video” tab which contains all downloaded videos. On the “Video” tab, you could directly play back downloaded Netflix show with your default media player, burn to disc, play back with Leawo Free Blu-ray Player, etc.

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In this way, you could download any Netflix movie or TV show onto your computer and then watch Netflix movies/TV shows offline without limit.

CleverGet is available in both Windows and Mac. It could not only download videos from Netflix website through its internal Netflix downloader module, but also download videos from other streaming websites like Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, HBO Max, Disney+, Apple TV+, and more through its internal Amazon Downloader, HBO Downloader, Hulu Downloader, CleverGet Apple TV+ Downloader, Disney+ Downloader, etc.

Note: CleverGet provides both free trial version and registered version. The free trial version allows 3 free downloads for each module. Meanwhile, make sure you have downloaded Netflix videos and other videos for personal use only and don’t break the local law of copyright issue.

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