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Add WatchNest to Chrome for free, or get it for Safari on Mac from the App Store.
Crunchyroll Watch Party Extension
Watch anime on Crunchyroll together, even when apart.
WatchNest brings a private Crunchyroll watch party to Chrome and Safari on Mac: every episode stays in sync, with live chat and an optional camera so you can react to the big fights together.
Crunchyroll is a trademark of Crunchyroll, LLC. WatchNest is an independent product and is not affiliated with Crunchyroll.
verifiedFree plan available
groupNo guest account needed
hdFull quality, own account
videocamBuilt-in video calls
How do you watch Crunchyroll together online?
Install a Crunchyroll watch party extension like WatchNest, open an episode on crunchyroll.com, create a private room and share the link. Each friend plays the episode from their own Crunchyroll account in full quality, and the extension keeps play, pause and seek in sync, with chat and optional cameras.
Setup in 3 steps
Start a Crunchyroll watch party in about a minute.
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Open Crunchyroll & create a room
Open any episode on crunchyroll.com and click the WatchNest icon to spin up a private room.
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Share the link & press play
Send the room link to your friends. They join from their own Crunchyroll account and the episode locks into sync.
Better than a Discord screen share
Screen-sharing Crunchyroll on Discord often shows a black screen because of copy protection, and everyone else gets a compressed stream. With WatchNest, each person streams the episode in full quality from their own account — only play, pause and seek are shared.
Best with Crunchyroll Premium
Sync, chat and camera work just like on Netflix or Disney+. Every viewer uses their own Crunchyroll account; with Premium (ad-free), episodes stay perfectly aligned from start to finish, since ad breaks on the free tier aren't synced.
Core features
Everything your anime night needs.
Playback sync
Play, pause and seek stay aligned for everyone, with automatic drift correction.
Live chat
React to every plot twist in the room overlay, without switching apps.
Camera tiles
Optional video calls for up to four people on the paid plans.
Private rooms
Only people with your link can join — no public lobbies.
Multi-platform
Also works with your other streaming services.
One extension for all your subscriptions.
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Crunchyroll
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Netflix
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MUBI
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Viki
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Comparing options?
Small private rooms, built-in video.
WatchNest focuses on couples and small groups: one link, chat, and camera tiles inside the player. If you're weighing it against Teleparty or a Discord stream, read our honest comparison.
FAQ
Crunchyroll watch party questions.
Install WatchNest (Chrome or Safari on Mac), open an episode on crunchyroll.com and click the WatchNest icon. The first time, allow WatchNest on crunchyroll.com, then create a private room and share the link. Friends open the link and join in sync — guests don't need a WatchNest account.
Yes. WatchNest for Safari, from the Mac App Store, supports Crunchyroll as well as Netflix, Disney+, Prime Video, YouTube, HBO Max, MUBI and Rakuten Viki. Chrome users install it from the Chrome Web Store.
Yes. WatchNest's free plan gives you synced playback and live chat for two people. Camera tiles, emoji reactions and rooms of up to four people are on the paid Duo and Crew plans.
Yes. WatchNest syncs separate accounts instead of streaming one shared screen, so each viewer watches from their own Crunchyroll account. Titles that require Crunchyroll Premium need Premium for every viewer.
Not yet. On the free, ad-supported Crunchyroll tier, WatchNest doesn't detect ad breaks, so viewers can drift apart during ads. For the smoothest anime night, everyone should use a Crunchyroll Premium (ad-free) account.
You can try screen sharing, but Crunchyroll video often shows up as a black screen on Discord because of copy protection, and quality drops for viewers. WatchNest avoids this: each person plays the episode in full quality from their own account, kept in sync.
No general-purpose watch party is built into Crunchyroll on desktop browsers. To sync episodes across separate accounts with chat and camera, you need a third-party extension like WatchNest.
No. WatchNest runs in Chrome (Windows, Mac, Chromebook) and in Safari on Mac. Every participant watches from a computer browser.
Get started
Start your Crunchyroll watch party.
Install WatchNest, open an episode, create a room and share the link.