Facebook has a function that you probably have never used and that now, in these confined days in which you miss being with friends, you could find it quite useful, since it will allow you to watch videos published on the social network with other people. in real time.
How to watch videos at once with other Facebook friends
With the group video function we can see any type of video published on the social network together with other contacts that we have on Facebook, at the same time and sharing opinions through live chat. It is something like making a live broadcast with an audience chosen by yourself, but instead of broadcasting from your camera, what we would do is create a playlist with all the videos we want to show.
Create your own group video
To create a group video, you only have to access your news section or your Facebook bio to choose the function.
- In the upper area of your biography select the option ” What are you thinking about ” to start a new publication, and within it, choose the “Group video” option that you will see below.
- If you do it from your PC’s web browser, then you must choose the Group video option that is hidden in the extra options that appear when you press the ellipsis.
- Once you have chosen the option, it will be time to choose the videos you want to be played on the broadcast. They can only be video hosted within Facebook, and you can search among the videos that you have seen lately (this serves to teach someone something that you saw and caught your attention), your own library of videos uploaded to your profile or searching by categories in the entire network.
- Once you choose the videos and have established the privacy of the broadcast (Public, only for your friends, or only for specific people), you can start with the live broadcast. The message “Your group video is about to start” will appear on the screen.
- At that time the publication will appear in your biography, and those with permission will view it as one more publication and will be able to enter to watch the videos. When they enter, they will be part of the internal chat, where they can write comments, send reactions with emoticons and even suggest other videos so that the administrator of the group video (the person who created the publication) decides whether to include it in the playlist or not.
Features available in group video
During the broadcast we can add live comments, add additional videos, invite friends to join the broadcast, suggest videos to the administrator and send reactions with emoticons and animated GIFs .
Things we can’t do in group videos
Something that you will ask yourself and that is quite obvious to think about, is if we can retransmit our own videos that we have on the computer. The answer is yes, but only if we have previously uploaded that file to Facebook. If we upload the recording to our profile, we can select it later in the group video to add it to the playlist.
On the other hand, we will not be able to include YouTube videos either, something that will also have crossed your mind, but that unfortunately is not allowed. As we have already mentioned, the videos that can be played will only be those that are already hosted on the social network, so you should limit yourself to them.