Uptime, an app developed under Google’s Area 120 incubator, is now available to the public. The iOS app debuted in early March as invite-only. Uptime basically takes existing YouTube videos and makes them more interactive by letting you watch them with your friends. You can see where — time-wise — your friends are in a video as compared to you. You’ll also see reactions in the form of sparkles or different cartoon faces. It looks a lot like Facebook Live reactions or Anchor claps. So far, the app isn’t available on Android.
I just downloaded Uptime, and it seems there aren’t many active users, which makes sense, I guess. None of my friends are on it, and I couldn’t find any videos that have active engagement happening. Maybe over the...
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