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Stream
Their player pulls the parts it needs straight from your device, like YouTube buffering. Seek anywhere, start in seconds.
Best on good home Wi-Fi or 5G
For two people, two screens, one movie
Play a video from your Android phone or laptop and watch it together in original quality, with chat and reactions. No uploads. No accounts. Just a code.
Works in Chrome, Edge and Firefox on Android and computers. iPhone and apps are coming.
I think we're not lost. I think we're exactly here.
Chat
How it works
Choose a movie or show from your Android phone or laptop. SameCouch checks that it will play on the other side.
Send your 6-character code or link. When they tap it, you see their name and choose to let them in. Nobody joins without you.
Press play and you're in. Either of you can pause, rewind or skip, and both screens follow instantly.
Watch modes
Today the video streams straight from your device to theirs. Two more ways are on the way. Either way they see your original file, never a blurry screen share.
Their player pulls the parts it needs straight from your device, like YouTube buffering. Seek anywhere, start in seconds.
Best on good home Wi-Fi or 5G
The whole file goes to their device before you press play, directly from yours. Smooth playback even on a shaky connection.
Best when your upload is slow
Already got the same file? SameCouch confirms it matches and only keeps your players in sync. Uses almost no data.
Best for mobile data
Features
Players stay within half a second. If one of you buffers, the other waits, so nobody misses the twist.
Text beside the video, and reactions that float across both screens at the exact moment you send them.
Play, pause or jump to any scene from either screen, and the other follows. A little note says who paused.
Every room has a fresh code, and you approve whoever knocks. The room locks once you're both in.
Your screen stays awake while you watch, and SameCouch checks before a stray tab-close ends the night.
If your phones can't reach each other directly, an encrypted relay steps in. It still can't see your video.
Coming soon: subtitles, picking up where you left off, and reconnecting by itself after a dropped connection.
Private by design
The video goes straight from your device to theirs over an encrypted connection. Our server only helps the two of you find each other, then steps aside. If a relay is needed, it only ever passes on encrypted data. Chats stay on your devices.
No. It travels directly from your device to your partner's. Only a small helper server connects you, and it never sees the video.
No. It streams straight from your device to theirs while you watch. Letting them download it first, or just syncing when you both have it, are coming soon.
Chrome, Edge or Firefox on an Android phone or a computer. Nothing to install and no account to create. iPhone support and Android and iPhone apps are coming.
MP4 files play everywhere. SameCouch checks your file before the room starts and tells you if your partner's browser can't play it.
Two. SameCouch is built for watching with one person at a time.
Yes. No subscription, no ads, no account.
Two ways to watch
Same rooms, same codes, same couch. When the apps arrive, someone on the web will be able to watch with someone on the app.
Nothing to install. Open SameCouch in Chrome, Edge or Firefox on an Android phone or a computer and start in seconds.
On a laptop? Start on the web right now. Phone apps are on the way.
What the apps will add: