Watch together in the YouTube VR app

Enter a group

1. Below the player controls, select Watch Together.
2. To choose your avatar, select Edit next to the avatar that appears.

You can also join a new group of people by clicking Find new group under Settings .

Leave a group

On the control panel at the bottom of the screen, select Exit. 

1. To see the video someone is watching, hover over their avatar. You’ll see the video thumbnail and timestamp.
2. To watch the same video at the same time, click the avatar.

Note that ads, private videos, and age-restricted videos will be hidden.

Although you enter the video at the same place as the other participant, you're still in control of your video. Slow buffering, pausing, or taking another video action will unsync your video from the other participants’. 

Block or report a participant

1. Hover over Settings .
2. Select Block or Report.

You can also block or report a user by hovering over that specific user and clicking Block in the menu that appears. Through Settings , you can also block or report users who recently left the group.  

Change volume

Use the daydream remote or video player controls to control the volume.

Change someone else’s volume Hover over the participant’s name and move the volume slider that appears.

Change group volume Hover on the audio icon  on the control panel at the bottom of the screen.

Mute yourself Select the mic iconon the control panel on the bottom of the screen. If you see the three green dots when you speak, your mic is picking up noise from you.