Want to watch Disney+ Hostar in the UK? As far as Disney+ is concerned, that’s already in the UK, but if you want to get Hotstar, which also happens to now come with Disney Plus, right now, that’s not possible because Hotstar is not available outside of India.
...At least until you apply this guide.
To access Disney+ Hotstar in the UK, you will need to make Disney+ Hotstar think you are in India, while also creating an account using the right payment method.
These are the two crucial steps, and we’ll show you how to complete them below⬇️.
To make Hotstar think you are in India, you are going to need to be there virtually, and for that, as you may already be aware, you need a VPN.
VPN services? They allow you to change your location with a space of 2 clicks, thus allowing you to be in India, without being in India.
The catch?
Services like Disney+ Hotstar make efforts against VPN services, and thus, it’s not as simple as just connecting to a VPN.
And that’s where PrivateVPN comes in as a service with focuses on entertainment, and making sure services work, meaning fewer servers, but instead servers of quality that unblock the likes of Disney Plus Hotstar in the UK, and many others whether it be DAZN or Hulu.
...But you can find that out for yourself when you sign up for PrivateVPN’s 7-day trial with no need for a card.
Just put in your email address and create a password, and you are in.
That’s it as far as tricking Disney into thinking you are in India.
...But you also need an account to watch, and that’s perhaps harder to get.
Right now, if you try to create a Hostar account, unless you have an Indian card, you can’t.
The solution?
To sign up for Hotstar from your phone.
Why?
As on mobile devices, both Google and Apple handle payments, meaning no dealing with card geo-blocks.
...But to do that, you will first need to switch your phone region to be in India.
Sign out of your iCloud account, followed by creating an account based in India.
Once you’ve done that, you will be able to download the Hotstar app. From there, you will be able to create an account directly from your phone while connected to a VPN.
After you have done that and have a Hotstar account, you can sign back into your other iCloud account.
IMPORTANT: Don’t ever change your region on your current account, on Apple devices. That will result in you losing everything.
Since most smart TVs and platforms like Apple TV, Chromecast, and Roku don’t support VPN services, you either connect a laptop to a TV via an HDMI cable, or you get the likes of Amazon Fire TV Stick.
If you just got a Fire TV Stick, set your region to be in India.
If you already have one, here’s what to do:
The great thing about this guide? That the steps shared here will let you unblock the likes of Hulu and DAZN and many other platforms such as CBS.
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Written by Michael Smolski.
Disclaimer: While PrivateVPN supports disney+ Hotstar around the world, due to the nature of VPN services always being a target of platforms like Disney, PrivateVPN, just like all services, is not able to guarantee non-stop 100% of the time support.