Watch TV Together

Yes. Watching together, profiles, messages and recommendations are free. CINQ+, at $5 a month, adds bigger parties, more services to host on, unlimited Roulette and the dating extras.

CINQ doesn't sell or stream films: you watch on the services you already pay for.

Join with your email or Google, tick the services you pay for, and add the CINQ extension to Chrome or Edge on your computer. Then open any film or show and press Watch party.

Install CINQ walks you through the extension in four steps.

Netflix, Prime Video, HBO Max, Disney+, Hulu, Peacock, Apple TV, Paramount+, YouTube TV, DirecTV, Crunchyroll, MGM+, History, Starz and Tubi.

A party you host on the free plan is for 2: you and one guest. With CINQ+, up to 1,000 people can join. 8 are on camera at once, and everyone else watches in sync with chat and reactions.

Guests never pay: what counts is the host's plan.

Hosting a party on Apple TV, DirecTV, Paramount+, Peacock, Starz, MGM+ or Crunchyroll needs CINQ+. Only the host needs it: friends join free.

Netflix, Prime Video, HBO Max, Disney+, Hulu, YouTube TV, Tubi, History and the rest are free to host for everyone.

Chrome, Edge, Brave, Arc, Opera and other Chromium browsers on a computer. It doesn't run in Safari or Firefox, or on phones and tablets.

On a computer it's what keeps your film in sync with the party, so you need it to watch one. Without it you can still join the call and the chat.

Soon. In the Android app, coming to Google Play, Apple TV plays inside CINQ with the party docked under it, or beside it with the phone on its side, in sync with everyone else. More services are on the way.

On iPhone, CINQ can't keep a film in sync yet: join the call and the chat there, and watch on a computer with CINQ.

In the Android app, coming soon, calls and party invites ring like a phone call, even when your phone is locked. If they only show as a banner, Android has full-screen calls switched off for CINQ.

Open Settings, then Notifications, and tap Let CINQ ring full screen. It opens Android's page with the switch: turn it on for CINQ. In the same place you can set calls to Ring, Notification or Off.

Open People and tap My code to show yours. To add someone, tap Scan a code and point your camera at theirs, or upload a screenshot of it. Their profile opens with Add friend and Follow.

Someone without CINQ who scans your code can join, and lands on your profile when they're done.

Bought on cinq.watch: open CINQ+, go to Membership and press Cancel CINQ+. You keep it until the end of the month you paid for. Manage billing, in the same place, has your receipts and card.

Bought in the iPhone or Android app: cancel it in your App Store or Google Play subscriptions. Apple and Google bill those, so CINQ can't cancel them for you.

The green check beside a service comes from your own device. On a computer the CINQ extension checks whether this browser is signed in to each service; in the phone apps, when they're out, CINQ checks which services' apps are installed.

It's all checked on your computer or phone, and nothing about it is sent to CINQ.

You need to be 18 or over, with your own name and a photo of yourself. No nudity or sexual talk, and no harassment, hate or threats. Camera and mic start off.

Report or Block ends the party at once, and you're never matched with that person again. A person reads every report within 24 hours. On the free plan you get 2 Roulette matches a day; with CINQ+ there's no limit.

The full rules.

In Settings, under Account, tap Delete my account. Your profile is hidden at once and kept for 30 days in case you change your mind, then erased for good. Delete permanently instead skips the 30 days.

What is deleted, and when: Delete your account.

Yes. Choose Light, Dark or Match device in Settings, under Appearance, or with the button at the top of this page. The extension's popup has the same choice, and so will the phone apps.