CoWatch - Video Player

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About this app

CoWatch is a modern Android video player built for watching alone or together.

Start a Watch Party and share the experience with 2 to 5 people — videos, documents, and more — in one session. Browse your media library, open files with the system picker, and play with a clean native interface. Built with Jetpack Compose and Material You. No ads.

Watch Party
• Invite friends to watch together
• Enjoy videos as a group with shared playback
• Present documents and files during the party
• Stay in sync while you watch and share
• Pick files from a chosen folder or the system picker

Media & files
• Browse folders you choose with Android’s secure folder picker
• Open and play videos from your library or selected folders
• Rename and delete files inside folders you’ve granted access to
• Open files when hosting a Watch Party
• Stream videos directly from URLs

Modern interface
• Jetpack Compose for smooth performance
• Full Material You support
• Minimal, distraction-free design

Intuitive gesture controls
• Swipe left/right to seek
• Swipe up/down (left) for brightness
• Swipe up/down (right) for volume
• Pinch to zoom

Advanced playback
• Picture-in-Picture (PiP)
• Precise playback speed control
• Software decoding for H.264 and HEVC
• Audio track selection
• Embedded and external subtitle support

Subtitles
• Embedded subtitle tracks
• Auto-load matching subtitle files from a folder you grant once
• Open a local subtitle file (.srt, .ass, and more) from the player
• Adjust subtitle delay and speed during playback

Flexible media access
• Media library for your videos and audio
• Folder and file views for browsing
• Android Storage Access Framework (SAF) for private, user-chosen access
• Stream videos directly from URLs

Supported formats
Video: H.263, H.264 (AVC), H.265 (HEVC), MPEG-4 SP, VP8, VP9, AV1*
Audio: Vorbis, Opus, FLAC, ALAC, PCM/WAVE, MP1, MP2, MP3, AMR, AAC, AC-3, E-AC-3, DTS, DTS-HD, TrueHD
Subtitles: SRT, SSA, ASS, TTML, VTT, DVB

Permissions we use
• Photos and videos / Music and audio (or storage on older Android): to show and play media from your library
• Internet: for streaming and Watch Party
• Contacts (optional): to invite friends to a Watch Party
• Microphone: for Watch Party voice while screen sharing

*Hardware support depends on your device.

CoWatch — watch alone or together, with a clean ad-free player for Android.

What’s new

- Stability and performance improvements across the app
- Smoother media browsing and playback experience
- Bug fixes and general reliability updates