Herae
Watch films in sync, with your person or someone new
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Herae plays a film in sync for people in different places, on almost any site (Netflix, Prime, YouTube…), and puts a free video call right beside it. Nothing is screen-shared: both players stay in step, so no black screen and no countdown. Watching with someone far away? They join from a link, no account needed. Nobody to watch with? Meet people who love the same films (you both say yes first, 18+), or join a public watch party by film. Desktop Chrome. Your first two nights are free.
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PH · launched Oct 29, 2026 · 1 upvote (top 67%)
- Media & entertainment
- Communication
- B2C
- Not AI
- Commercial product
- Browser Extensions
- Chrome Extensions
- Video Streaming
Similar launches
See all 162 similar launches →Could you build this?
Partial The sync and video-call UI is buildable, but playback sync across DRM-protected streaming sites and a low-latency call layer are difficult.
What it would actually take: The stack would be a browser extension plus a WebRTC call service, with a signaling server for room links. The difficult parts are keeping playback in step on DRM-protected sites without breaking their terms or players, and running a reliable low-latency video backend. This needs engineers experienced in media players, DRM, and WebRTC infrastructure.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 162 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #69 of 163 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 359 days after the earliest competitor.
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