With SharePlay in the FaceTime app, you can stream TV shows, movies, and music in sync with friends and family while on a FaceTime call together. Enjoy a real-time connection with everyone on the call—with synced playback and shared controls, you all see and hear the same moments at the same time. With Smart Volume, media audio is adjusted automatically, so you can continue to chat while watching or listening. You can also play supported multiplayer games in Game Center with friends during a FaceTime call, and in iPadOS 18.2 or later, watch supported live sports events together.
SharePlay can also be used in other apps during a FaceTime call. To see which apps can be used for SharePlay during a call, tap on your iPad.
Tap Picture in Picture to keep watching the video while using another app—order food, check your email, or jump into the Messages app and discuss the video by text when you want no interruptions to the sound of the movie or TV show.
On an iPad that meets the watching a video together on iPad, you can send it to Apple TV to enjoy on the big screen.
On iPad, do one of the following:
In the streaming app, tap Watch together using SharePlay in the Apple TV User Guide.
You can get together and listen to an album or favorite playlist with others on a FaceTime call. Anyone on the call who has access to the music (for example, through a subscription, a transaction, or a free trial) on a device that meets the , then tap an app below Listen and Play Together.
Alternatively, you can (or other supported music app), then tap the music you want to share.
Do one of the following:
Tap set up your Game Center profile in Settings Use SharePlay with Apple Fitness+ on your iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV.