CoWatch - Video Player

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.