SharePlay works across all of the best iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, and Apple TV devices.

Once your devices are running the latest software, you'll be able to initiate an SharePlay experience via FaceTime. Right now! SharePlay was officially released with iOS 15.1, iPadOS 15.1, and macOS Monterey in October, 2021. It's the same story for games and other apps so everyone wanting to play Heads Up! must own the game, for example.Īpple's developer documentation even explains how SharePlay can offer an onboarding flow for new subscribers to the relevant service in order for the user to take part. That means, to have a shared Apple Music experience, everyone must be a subscriber, or to stream a movie via Disney+, everyone must have paid access to that service, and so forth. Those of you thinking that SharePlay might allow for an interesting loophole in the streaming media subscription space will be sorely disappointed to learn that everyone in a SharePlay experience must have access to the shared media individually to join in. Can I watch or listen using SharePlay without a subscription? We're keeping an ever-updating list of SharePlay-enabled apps to help you track down the best ones for your needs. However, right now you can look at properties together with Zillow, learn about the constellations with Night Sky, browse Reddit using Apollo, check the weather with CARROT Weather, or enjoy a hilarious game of Heads Up! with a pal over FaceTime. Each developer has to choose to support the feature, though, so adoption of the feature will expand over time. In addition to video and music services, SharePlay can work with all manner of applications and games. Which apps and games work with SharePlay? Amazon Prime Video is also conspicuous in its absence, especially since the service has adopted other Apple features quickly, though that's likely in order to encourage the use of its own Watch Party feature. It remains to be seen if this is another feature the popular streaming service chooses not to play ball with as it resists integration with the Apple ecosystem.

Notably, though unsurprisingly, Netflix is not on that list. Various video streaming services have already added SharePlay to their apps, or committed to offering it, including some of the biggest names out there: Support for SharePlay was built into the Apple TV app from day one of the feature's availability but third-party video apps can also offer the feature. Which video services work with SharePlay? Spotify added SharePlay support soon after the feature launched to the public and other audio apps like SoundCloud also offer support. Out of the gate, Apple Music supported SharePlay music experiences, though the feature is also open to third-party services. SharePlay on iPhone (Image credit: Apple)

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