Back from holiday

Watch your holiday photos together, each from home

Guide · 5 min read

The holidays are over, everyone is home, and the photos are scattered across ten phones. Here is how to replay the trip together without being in the same room.

The problem: the photos sleep in the phones

Everyone took photos, but nobody has seen the others’. The group chat gets an avalanche of compressed pictures mixed with messages, and you scroll through them alone, without talking about them.

Screen sharing: simple, but one person in control

Sharing your screen on Discord during a call works for a few photos. But only one person chooses what everyone sees, the picture depends on the stream quality, and you first have to get everyone’s photos onto one computer.

The shared album: everything in one place, but each on their own

A shared album gathers the photos well. But everyone browses it at their own pace: you don’t know what the others are looking at, and the shared moment is gone.

Really watching together

Kliche’s idea: an album where the photo changes for everyone at the same time, with everyone’s cursor visible on screen. You point at a detail, go back, laugh at the same picture, and talk through the voice call built into the room, or your usual Discord call.

Good habit: pick a half-hour slot one evening, send the link to the group, and ask everyone to add their photos beforehand.

Try it with your holiday photos.

One album, one link in the group chat, and you watch together.

Create an album

Frequently asked questions

Does everyone need to be online at the same time?

To watch together, yes: that is the whole point. Everyone can add their photos beforehand, at their own pace.

Does it work on a phone?

Yes, the album opens in the browser. On a computer the screen is bigger for watching together.