How do I start Watch Together and invite friends?
On an episode page, select Watch Together to create a room in the integrated website player, then send its Copy invite link to your friends. Everyone signs in with their own FireAnime account and plays their own available stream. The host controls the group’s playback; a normal episode link is not an invitation.
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What everyone needs
Use the FireAnime website in a browser that can play an integrated source. Each participant needs a FireAnime account, an internet connection and access to the episode. Create an account or learn to start an episode first if needed.
The shared room is not a screen broadcast: every member loads their own video. It does not unlock a restricted episode, repair a failed source or install a player on someone else’s device. These steps are not instructions for a native TV app, Streamyfin, Swiftfin or another external player.
Create a room and invite friends
- Sign in, open the anime and the exact season/episode you want to watch. Confirm that the video plays before inviting anyone.
- Under the player, select Watch Together, the group icon beside Share. On narrow screens the icon may appear without the full text.
- The action creates the room and may switch you to an available integrated source. Check the language afterward. If no integrated source is available, choose another episode/source; an external embedded player cannot host this session.
- Find the room panel below the player. It shows the anime, S… E…, connection state and Members. You should be marked Host.
- Select Copy invite in Invite link and send that URL to your friends. Send the room invitation, not the ordinary Share link or your credentials.
- Wait until your friends appear in Members, agree on language and source in Chat, then start playback.
If a room is already active, pressing the Watch Together/group button copies its invitation instead of creating a second room.
Join an invitation
- Open the invitation in your browser. Sign in with your own FireAnime account if requested.
- Let the page join the room and open its current episode.
- Check the episode and choose a playable integrated source. You can use your own source, but matching the host’s version avoids timing differences.
- If the browser requires a click before media can play, press Play. Check the room’s status and select Sync if your video needs to catch up.
What should happen?
Everyone appears in the same member list. When the host plays, pauses or seeks, members follow that shared state. Use room controls for host transfer, episode changes and ending the session.
If you cannot start or join
- You are sent to sign-in: use a personal FireAnime account, then reopen the invitation if necessary.
- “Watch Together requires the integrated Proxy Player.”: select an available ProxyPlayer/CookieStream/ProxyPlayerSlow source on the website. The message refers to the integrated player, not an app server address.
- The room exists but the video is black: first fix your own playback source. A working chat connection does not mean your video loaded.
- The invitation says the room is closed, expired or not found: ask the host for a current invitation. Connection and timing troubleshooting covers the next checks.
Keep room invitations within your intended group; anyone receiving a valid invitation may try to join.