To watch Hotstar outside India, you need StreamLocator to route your connection through India and give you access to JioHotstar abroad on your existing account, including the IPL, ICC cricket and the full Indian catalogue. If you do not have an account, read the next section before you start: creating one needs an Indian mobile number, and there is no way around that.
For Indians living, travelling, or posted overseas—and anyone else who already has JioHotstar but cannot stream it abroad because the service is blocked outside India. This guide covers both situations honestly, along with JioHotstar pricing in 2026, what it carries, and how to set it up on your devices or router.
There is no location to pick. StreamLocator routes traffic through an Indian server location to give you an indian ip address, so you get an indian ip and can access hotstar abroad.
Worth saying plainly, because plenty of guides do not. JioHotstar sends a one-time code to an Indian mobile number as part of creating an account. It is not a soft check that a different location gets you past, and StreamLocator does not change it. If you do not have access to an Indian number, you will not be able to open a new account, and nothing on this page will change that.
What StreamLocator does solve is the other half of the problem, and it is the half most people actually have. If you already hold a JioHotstar account, whether you are an Indian national living abroad, traveling abroad, or on a long posting, the account is fine. What stops working is the streaming, because JioHotstar checks your connection and shows an error message if you are outside the licensed region. That is the part this page fixes.
The name changed after the Reliance and Disney merger brought Hotstar and JioCinema together, creating one of India’s popular streaming platforms. It is the same app, the same account and the same catalogue, with the HBO and Disney library folded in. If you are looking for Hotstar, including the old Disney+ Hotstar name, this is where it went.
Three plans, all of them cheap by the standards of Western sports streaming. Prices are in Indian rupees, which is what you will be charged.
For context, the Super plan at 149 rupees a month is roughly what a single month of a Western cricket subscription costs, and it carries the entire IPL.
Cricket. The IPL in full, plus other live sports and major live events, including ICC tournament cricket. This is what the service is for.
Indian film and drama. A deep catalogue across several languages, including Bollywood movies and a great deal that is not licensed to any international service.
HBO and Disney. Part of the broader Hotstar content library that came across with the merger, included from the Super tier upward.
Because rights are sold country by country, JioHotstar blocks streaming Hotstar outside India and checks the location of the connection before it plays anything. When you are outside India, Hotstar may return an error message instead of playing, even if your subscription is paid and your account is in good standing.
StreamLocator gives JioHotstar an Indian connection to look at, which helps you watch Hotstar outside and watch Hotstar outside India with the same catalogue it serves at home.
Setting it up on your home wi-fi router is worth the extra five minutes if more than one person in the house watches, because it covers every device at once, including Smart TVs and devices that cannot run apps directly.
JioHotstar and StreamLocator are separate. JioHotstar charges you for the cricket and the catalogue; StreamLocator charges you for the access that reaches them from where you live. The same StreamLocator subscription works with other streaming services and can also help with access to other popular streaming platforms, so it is not money tied to one platform.
If you are after Indian television more broadly while outside your home country, we also have a guide to SonyLIV.
For Indians abroad, JioHotstar is the one service that carries the cricket and the programming nobody else licenses, so users can still watch it while living overseas or traveling abroad. Being outside the country should not cost you a subscription you are already paying for.
Start your free 7-day trial, set StreamLocator up once, sign in to JioHotstar, and start streaming.
Yes, if you already have an account and want to watch Hotstar outside India. JioHotstar only streams inside India, so on its own it will not work abroad. With StreamLocator running, JioHotstar sees an Indian IP address, or Indian IP, and your subscription plays as it does at home so you can access Hotstar when you are outside India. Creating a new account is a different matter, and it needs an Indian mobile number.
Not without an Indian mobile number. JioHotstar sends a one-time code to an Indian number as part of creating an account, and there is no way around that step. If you do not have access to one, StreamLocator cannot solve it for you. This page is written for people who already hold an account, which is most of the people who ask.
Mobile is 79 rupees a month or 499 a year, for one stream on a phone with ads. Super is 149 rupees a month or 1,099 a year, for two streams on any device at 1080p. Premium is 299 rupees a month or 2,199 a year, for four streams in 4K and no ads outside live sport, making it the best fit for households wanting to watch on multiple devices.
Yes. Hotstar became JioHotstar after the Reliance and Disney merger brought the two Indian streaming services together, though many users still search for Disney+ Hotstar. The app, the account and the catalogue are the same thing under a new name.
No. They are two separate subscriptions. JioHotstar charges you for the cricket and the catalogue, and StreamLocator charges you for the access that lets you reach it from outside India. The same StreamLocator subscription works with other streaming services too.
Known for live sports, especially the IPL and ICC cricket, Hotstar is the only legitimate home for the IPL. Alongside that, the wider Hotstar content library includes Indian films and drama in several languages, plus the HBO and Disney catalogue that came with the merger.
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