Workout parties
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A workout party lets you take a class at the same time as other members. The video stays in sync for everyone, and there is a chat panel alongside it.
Steps
- Open Parties from the main navigation to see what is coming up.
- Select a party to see its details, then join to RSVP. You can leave again from the same page.
- To host your own, choose to create a party and pick the class you want.
- Set a date and time. It has to be at least five minutes from now.
- Give it a name if you like, or leave it blank and it takes the name of the class.
- Choose the visibility. Public means anyone can browse and join. Private means only people with your invite link can join.
- Set a maximum number of participants, or leave it blank for no limit, then create the party.
Good to know
- Everyone watches the same point in the class, worked out from the scheduled start time. Because of that, seeking is hidden during a party.
- If your playback drifts by more than a few seconds it corrects itself automatically.
- Joining late is fine. You are dropped in at the point everyone else is at, and the page tells you so.
- Chat is for participants. Messages can be up to 300 characters, and there is a short wait between messages to keep things readable.
- Reactions pop up on screen for a couple of seconds.
- The chat panel refreshes on a short cycle, so a small delay before a message appears is normal.
- You can delete your own messages. The host and moderators can delete any message, and the host can mute a participant for the rest of the party.
- Chat is kept for 30 days and is not visible once the party has ended.
- The party page has a countdown, the list of who is coming, and an add to calendar link. Participants are shown by their public display name.
- Only the host can cancel a party.