“Does Hulu have Watch Party? I would like to know how to watch Hulu with friends and am wondering if Hulu Watch Party is ever working.” Yes, there is Hulu Watch Party that allows Hulu subscribers to watch the same movie or show from different locations. The Hulu Watch Party even creates a chat room for all participants to discuss with each other while watching the same Hulu movie or show. This post will show you how to do a Watch Party through 3 best methods.
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Method 1: Watch Hulu with Friends Using Downloader
Method 2: Watch Hulu with Friends Using Hulu Watch Party
Method 3: Watch Hulu with Friends Using SharePlay
Conclusion
Method 1: Watch Hulu with Friends Using Downloader
Actually, you can try to download Hulu videos on your computer, so then you can easily watch Hulu videos with your friends by making use of many screen sharing programs without official limitations. By downloading Hulu videos, you can even remove the annoying ads. Among all these Hulu video downloader programs, CleverGet Hulu Downloader is an ideal one to let you batch download Hulu videos to HD MP4/MKV files with selected subtitles and audio tracks. It can detect and remove ads in the Hulu video download process. You can refer to the below steps to download Hulu videos for watching with your friends offline.
Step 1: Set download directory
Download, install and then kick off CleverGet on your computer. Click the 3-dot icon at the top-right corner and then choose the “Settings” option to enter the Settings panel, where you need to set a download directory to save Hulu video downloads in the “General > Save Video To” option. You can check the “Create subfolder for each stream service” option to create a subfolder for Hulu video downloads. Click the “Save” button.
Step 2: Play the target Hulu video and parse it
Log into Hulu website with your Hulu account and then play back the target Hulu movie or show you want to download and watch with your friends. Click the round blue icon at the bottom right corner to let CleverGet Hulu Downloader to parse the target Hulu page. CleverGet will detect and list all available download options to you.
Step 3: Choose download options and start downloading
Select the video to download, set output format, choose subtitles and audio tracks, and then click the “Download” button to start downloading Hulu videos. You can view the entire downloading process on the right sidebar.
Once the download completes, you can then watch downloaded Hulu videos with your friends with screen sharing tools or addons.
Method 2: Watch Hulu with Friends Using Hulu Watch Party
Except for using Hulu video downloaders, Hulu Watch Party is the very first official choice for you to watch Hulu with friends from different locations, as long as you and your friends are all active Hulu subscribers. The Hulu Watch Party is an online-only feature that is offered on supported browsers. Therefore, make sure all of you are sitting before a computer with supported browsers opened. Then, you can follow the below steps to learn how to do a Watch Party on Hulu.
Step 1: On the supported browser, open hulu.com website and then log into it with your Hulu account.
Step 2: Open the movie or show detail page you want to watch with your friends together via Hulu Watch Party, and find and then click the Watch Party icon.
Step 3: On the follow-up interface, you can see a “START THE PARTY” option, by clicking which you are going to host a Hulu Watch Party.
Step 4: Then, there will be a Hulu Watch Party link, by copying and pasting which, you can send the Hulu Watch Party invitation to your friends to invite them to join the Hulu Watch Party you have just created.
Step 5: Once you send the Hulu Watch Party link to your friends, they can open the link in their Hulu supported browser and accept your invitation to join the Hulu Watch Party after login.
By following the above steps, you can easily do a Watch Party on Hulu and then watch Hulu with friends while apart from each other. It should be noted that:
- The Hulu Watch Party feature is only available on supported browsers. Therefore, it is not for Hulu subscribers that watch Hulu movies or shows on Hulu app.
- Up to 8 participants are allowed for a Hulu Watch Party, and all participants should be 18 years or older.
- Only selected titles on Hulu are available in Watch Party. Not all Hulu videos provide a Watch Party feature.
Method 3: Watch Hulu with Friends Using SharePlay
If you are an iPhone, iPad or Apple TV user and have an active Hulu subscription, you will also be watching the same Hulu show or movie with friends via SharePlay feature, which allows Hulu subscribers to simultaneously watch the same Hulu movie or show through FaceTime call with each other. The below steps will show you how to watch Hulu with friends by using Hulu SharePlay.
Step 1: Start a Facetime call with your friends and then open Hulu app on your iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV. Log in with your active Hulu account.
Step 2: Click your Profile and then there will pop up a prompt to let you start SharePlay. Choose the “Accept” option.
Step 3: On Hulu app, play back the target movie or show you want to watch with your friends.
Step 4: Once Hulu video plays, you can switch to the FaceTime call and then the Hulu video will be in Picture-in-Picture mode.
- Your friends will get the SharePlay session invitation to join the Hulu SharePlay. Click the “Accept” button on their iPhone/iPad, or “Join SharePlay” button on Apple TV by pressing the TV button on the Apple TV remote
Conclusion
Both Hulu Watch Party and the SharePlay features require all participants to be active Hulu subscribers. But with the help of CleverGet Hulu Downloader, not all participants should be Hulu subscribers. Meanwhile, Hulu Watch Party and SharePlay will still play ads to you, while CleverGet can help you remove ads in the Hulu video download process. Once the Hulu videos are successfully downloaded to your computer, you will be able to watch the downloaded Hulu videos with others easily.
