Entertainment
How to watch Netflix with your friends using ‘Netflix Party’
Netflix Party saves the day
At a time when we need to stay at home, we also need a way to keep ourselves entertained. For our sanity and the sake of our great nations, ‘Netflix Party’ is here to save the day.
This Chrome extension offers a new way to watch Netflix with your friends online, wherever you are. Playbacks are synchronized, and you can pause altogether to discuss something on a group chat. This bridges the distance and allows you to feel like you’re having a real-life conversation about a show or a movie you’re all watching.
In case you’re wondering, here’s how you can host long-distance movie nights and watch parties with your friends.
Install Netflix Party
If you’re not using Google Chrome, make sure to download it first. Once you’re using the browser, head over to netflixparty.com, so you can get the access to Chrome Extension.
If you want to do it the hard way and you’re the type of person who loves tinkering around, you can access Chrome’s Extensions via Settings. Just click the settings icon (which looks like three dots stacked together) and hover to More Tools, and voila! From there, you can access Chrome’s list of Extensions and search for Netflix Party.
Add the extension
Once you’re on Netflix Party’s extension page, click on the “Add to Chrome” button to install the extension to your browser.
Start a party
Once installed, head over to Netflix.com on your browser and watch any video. You can toggle the NP button next to the address bar to start a Netflix Party.
Share the fun and enjoy
When you get the party started, a group chat will appear on the side where you can customize your name and icon and discuss it with your friends. There’s a link icon so you can share the party URL with your friends.
To join a Netflix Party, click on the URL sent to you, which will redirect you to Netflix’s website. Make sure to click the NP button to automatically join the party.
Now you can have movie nights and watch parties with your friends even if you’re miles away from each other! Enjoy watching!
If you’re looking for movies to watch and shows to binge-watch, catch up through Now Playing, a list of recommendations from the GadgetMatch team (also a peek of our current obsessions).
Entertainment
Crime on Prime: Streaming platform unveils powerhouse crime, thriller slate
Cross Season 2, 56 Days, Young Sherlock, Scarpetta, more
Prime Video has unveiled “Crime on Prime”, a major programming rollout to kickstart the new year with a powerhouse slate of crime and thriller titles.
The lineup includes high-profile adaptations from bestselling authors James Patterson, Patricia Cornwell, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
The season launched with the long-awaited return of the streaming platform’s hit crime thriller, Cross last month.
In its second season, stakes intensify as Cross pursues a ruthless vigilante targeting corrupt billionaire magnates.
A new series, 56 Days, portrays the story of a couple who fall dangerously fast in love, only for a decomposing body to be found 56 days later in one of the protagonist’s apartment.
The series is adapted from Catherine Ryan Howard’s novel of the same title. As its plot unravels, the question “Who killed who?” will be answered.
Meanwhile, Guy Ritchie’s re-imagining of the iconic character in Young Sherlock debuted on March 4. It stars Hero Fiennes Tiffin as a defiant, youthful Sherlock Holmes on his first case.
Furthermore, launching on March 11 is Liz Sarnoff’s gripping adaptation of the beloved Scarpetta novel series, starring Nicole Kidman as the medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta.
With skilled hands and an unnerving eye, she is determined to serve as the voice of victims, unmask a serial killer, and prove that her career-making case from 28 years prior isn’t also her undoing.
The lineup also includes a renowned list of local titles for the Filipino audience:
- The Silent Noise (KD Omalin)
- The Alibi (Kim Chiu, Paulo Avelino)
- Cattleya Killer (Arjo Atayde, Jake Cuenca)
- Sa Aking Mga Kamay (Christopher De Leon)
- Roadkillers (Nadine Lustre)
Bandai Namco has announced a new action RPG set to release in July 2026: Echoes of Aincrad. A trailer has also been released.
This new title is set in the breathtaking floating castle of Aincrad from the Sword Art Online universe, where every battle could be one’s last.
Players get to create their own hero and dive into the game, where they will be trapped inside a deadly medieval MMORPG.
The vast living world will help them shape their fate, allowing them to customize their avatar with unique skills, gear, and abilities. This transforms how they fight and survive.
The fluid combat system requires mastering dodges, parries, and well-timed attacks. Throughout, players will face many challenges, explore epic quests, and join forces with companions who will share the peril.
The game will launch on July 9 for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S before releasing the next day for PC via Steam.
Bandai Namco has already opened pre-orders for Echoes of Aincrad, available in three game editions.
The Standard Edition comes with the base game. Meanwhile, the Deluxe Edition also comes with an expansion pack and early access to Death Game Mode.
Lastly, the Ultimate Edition has all the inclusions under Deluxe Edition, plus the game’s bonus contents app which features special anime, digital artbook, and digital soundtrack. Players will also get an Armor Pack.
Entertainment
One Piece: Into the Grand Line unveils final trailer ahead of premiere
All 8 episodes dropping on Netflix this March 10
Netflix has revealed the final trailer for One Piece: Into the Grand Line, exactly one week before its March 10 premiere.
The clip opens with a monologue from Monkey D. Luffy, reminding the Straw Hat crew of how far they’ve come to make it to the gates of the legendary Grand Line.
He mentions that it is time for the pirates to see what’s in store for them in the legendary stretch of sea.
Of course, that’s the treasure they’re seeking albeit encountering bizarre islands, new enemies, and unpredictable danger.
The clip then again features the larger-than-life scale of Season 2, including the towering Red Line, giant whale Laboon, Little Garden’s dinosaurs, and the giant, Brogy.
For a brief moment, the protagonist is also shown in an encounter with Smoker. Tony Tony Chopper, shown in the official trailer, once again made a quick appearance.
Just as action-packed as previous trailers, this 1:44 clip then culminates with more combat. There’s Zoro defending the crew at Whisky Peak.
Wapol and his metal-transforming Munch-Munch powers was shown in the end against Monkey D. Luffy.
The entire trailer is also set to an upbeat remix of “Come Sail Away” in the background, continuing the excitement from Season 1.
All eight episodes of One Piece: Into the Grand Line will be made available by March 10.
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