Do you want to watch Hotstar on TV? It’s simple, it’s somewhat easy, and it’s also complicated. Which one? It depends on where you live.
With that said, we’ll have a solution to every problem that you might have, in this guide.
Do you live in India? Do you live in the US or Canada? If you do, provided you do not rock a TV like in this picture, and have a smart TV, you should be able to watch Hotstar on TV as it should be available in your TV’s app store.
Don’t have a smart TV? No problem. You should still be able to watch Hotstar on TV.
How?
By getting a device such as Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire TV Stick, Android TV, or the Chromecast. These platforms, while mostly affordable, make your TV smart and allow you to either download apps, or to stream from platforms.
Everything gets a lot more complicated if you do not live in either India, US, or Canada, though.
In unsupported regions, the key if you want to watch Hostar on TV is to trick Hotstar into thinking that you are in a supported region.
However, with that said, this is not available with every device.
Right away forget about watching Hotstar on a TV that doesn’t support Android TV or some form of Amazon Fire TV.
Why?
As if you want to watch Hotstar on TV in unsupported countries, you need a VPN.
VPN services? They allow you to change your region to be in a different country.
For instance, you can be in the US to watch Hulu or Hotstar without moving from your chair, with PrivateVPN.
Matter of fact, PrivateVPN supports the most Netflix regions on the market, meaning that by connecting to the right servers, you will be able to unlock the most Netflix content possible on the planet. Whether on your phone, your TV, or a laptop. PrivateVPN? It supports up to 6-devices at one time, and if you never used one and are hesitant, it’s completely free to try it out without any weird commitments or registrations.
The issue with VPN services or rather platforms such as Chromecast? That they do not support VPN services meaning that if you want to watch Hotstar on TV in an unsupported region, in a lot of platforms, you can’t as it’s just not possible to fool Hotstar. And the same applies for smart TVs with their custom operating systems.
The solution?
To get the right streaming device that supports VPN services.
Android TV and Amazon Fire TV devices are the only ones that do whether built-in with a TV or whether you need to buy a stick such as the Amazon Fire TV Stick.
If you have one of those, you will be able to watch Hotstar on TV regardless of where you are or regardless of what TV you have.
But you also need to download the apps before you do so.
When it comes to PrivateVPN, you can download it with ease. It’s also one of the only VPN services on the Amazon Fire TV devices.
As far as downloading Hotstar, you will need to change your region to be in a supported region.
For that?
That will then let you download Hotstar so that you can watch Hotstar on TV regardless of your location.
Want to get Android TV instead?
Once again, when it comes to downloading PrivateVPN, you can download it anywhere without any issues.
When it comes to downloading Hotstar though? Google has a guide around it. Just make sure to change your region to be in one of the supported regions.
If you live in a supported country, all you need is the app which you can get either on your smart TV or otherwise on your streaming device like the Fire TV.
It gets slightly more complicated if you aren’t based in a country where Hotstar works as you do need a VPN for that, but once you have it, you aren’t just unblocking Hotstar. You are also unblocking Netflix, DAZN, Hulu, Amazon Prime, HBO, and many more. Ready to try without any limits?
Written by Michael Smolski.