Tumblr Launches Cabana: How To Watch YouTube Videos With Friends With New App

Tumblr released a new app called Cabana, which lets you hang out and watch YouTube videos with friends.

With Cabana, you can chat while watching videos with up to five friends.

The app should be good for those interested in Tumblr, mostly teenagers and young adults. However, Cabana is different from Tumblr because it allows you to interact specifically with friends, instead of strangers responding to your posts.

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How To Use Tumblr’s New App Cabana

1. Sign up for an account and create your profile.

2. Add friends or invite them to join the app by linking your contacts list to Cabana.

3. You can watch videos while you wait for your friends by choosing from the suggested clips on the homescreen.

4. To search and watch a specific video on YouTube, swipe to the right and tap watch on the top of the screen. You can then type in what you want to watch on YouTube.

5. Tap the video and start watching with your friends by inviting them using the add friends icon on the bottom right of the screen.

6. Your friends will then appear on the bottom of the video.

7. To end video watching with friends, tap the “X” on the left side of the screen.

Here’s how Cabana looks like:

Cabana also has a menu on the lower left side of the screen which allows you to lock the room, mute the mic or flip the camera.

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The app requires iOS 9.0 or later and is compatible with iPads and the iPhone 5S and later versions. And Android version of Cabana will be out in a few weeks.

The app is not the first of its kind. Cabana will compete with other group video chat apps including, Houseparty, Uptime and YouTube parties on Google Hangouts.