If you’re thinking of streaming a watch party yourself, then here’s everything you need to know. We also have guides to setting up your first stream , and information on how to download Twitch videos .
How to start a Twitch Watch Party
Once you’ve got that sorted – and all your software and hardware in place – here’s what you need to do:
- Sign into Twitch and head to your Stream Manager by clicking in the top right-hand corner on the web version of Twitch and clicking on ‘Creator Dashboard’
- Add the Watch Party to your Quick Actions
- Click on ‘Watch Party’
- Sign into your Amazon Prime account on the pop-up
- Authorise Twitch access to your Amazon Prime account
- Select the series or movie you want to watch
Go live as you usually would, but disable all audio and video sources except your webcam and mic
Resize your webcam capture to fit the full screen – as this will ensure that it appears correctly above Chat
Select ‘Start Watch Party’ and the Prime Video content will automatically stream to the video player on your channel after 15 seconds
- To see it yourself, either select ‘Open Watch Parties in New Tab’ or go to your channel page to watch with your viewers
As a note, you can only authorise content that’s included with your Prime Video subscription. Any shows or films on Prime Video Channels, IMDBtv and content rented or purchased on Prime Video are not supported on Twitch Watch Parties at this current time.
You can find more issues with troubleshooting Watch Parties on Twitch’s help and support pages .
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Author: Hannah Cowton-Barnes, Entertainment Editor, Tech Advisor
As Tech Advisor’s Entertainment Editor, Hannah is the resident expert in all things streaming, film and TV. Before joining Tech Advisor in 2019, she studied Theatre and Performance at the University of Leeds and created a website dedicated to geek culture and lifestyle. She’s also reviewed a whole range of gadgets including flagship smartphones, wearables and styling tools. Outside of Foundry, she’s written freelance pieces for Polygon, Metro and Den of Geek, and is proud to be a Women Techmakers Ambassador for Google.
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