Download Hotstar for PC Windows 11/10/7 Laptop [2023]

Hotstar is a Live Streaming app which allows you to watch live Cricket matches, TV channels, Movies and so on. Ever since the launch of Hotstar App in India, it has become inevitably popular with its motto – ‘go solo‘. Here we will explain how you can Hotstar Download for PC Windows 11/10/9/8 Laptop.

Hotstar, owned by Star India PVT Ltd, has become so popular among Indian users after live streaming International cricket matches and recently IPL matches. Earlier, TV is the only source of watching cricket matches but after the launch of Hotstar, it is getting more views than TV devices.

Hotstar is available in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Punjabi, and other major Indian languages. It has pretty good content for all these languages. They’ve recently come up with Hotstar original content as well. You can watch recently released Game of Thrones, Modern Family, etc. shows when you install Hostar app on your laptop.

We can’t directly run any of the android apps on our PC. We need to have Android emulators installed to do that. Once we have Android emulators installed on our PC, we can run any android applications including Hotstar for PC.

The swift rise of Hotstar:

Even though it’s not the first OTT platform, Hotstar has seen enormous raise especially after acquiring 2015 IPL rights. Right now, It is the topmost platform with 4.5Cr paid subscribers.

There are several reasons why you should subscribe to Hotstar.

1. The first reason is that it offers a great selection of content, including movies, TV shows, and original programs. You can binge watch your favorite shows, or watch new episodes as they air.
2. Additionally, Hotstar offers live streaming of sports events, including cricket, football, and tennis matches.
3. Plus, Hotstar is available on a variety of devices and countries, making it easy to watch no matter where you are.

Hotstar Features:

• Around 50 TV channels live to stream
• Huge collection of Movies of every language
• All the latest TV shows are available
• Game of Thrones – All episodes are streaming exclusively on Hotstar
• Almost every Sports events live telecasted – Including Test, T20 and ODI Cricket, Badminton, Tennis, Hockey, Kabaddi, Table Tennis, etc.
• You no need to tune to your TV every time for watching News. You can watch it live on Hotstar itself.
• You can download Hotstar videos offline
• Missed any of the previous episodes of your favorite serial? Hotstar allows you to watch the serials along with catch up.

Following are few popular Live Streaming Channels in Hotstar:

1. Star Sports – All versions and in all languages
2. Star Plus
3. Life OK
4. Star Maa (Maa TV)
5. Star World
6. HBO
7. National Geographic
8. Hotstar Originals
9. ABP News
10. Republic TV
11. Aajtak
12. Sky News, Fox News

Hotstar Download for PC:

Why Do You need to Download Hotstar for PC?

Initially, Star India has released only mobile version of Hotstar but later they released the web version of Hotstar as well. But using Android App on your PC has its own advantages. Most of major Sports events like IPL, Asia Cup, T20 Worldcup etc. are live telecasting in the mobile version with cheaper subscription cost but whereas in the web you have to subscribe to Hotstar premium to watch IPL matches.

For some of the series, Hotstar is enabling 5 minutes delay in the web version. In such cases, you can just download Hotstar for PC and enjoy the features you will get on an Android app.

Hostar App for PC Technical Details:

Title	Hotstar for PC
Category	Entertainment App
File size	27 MB
Requirements	Windows Laptop, Bluestacks Emulator
Author	Star India Pvt Ltd.

   Download Hotstar APK file [Latest Version]

Hotstar app has very good ratings in the Google Play store. It is on the top of the list of Entertainment section with 100,000,000+ installations. Hotstar also got very good user reviews in Playstore.

So without much ado, let’s start with Downloading and installing Hotstar for PC Windows 10/8/7 Laptop.

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Download Hotstar for PC – Step by Step Guide:

We are going to use Bluestacks Android Emulator in this method. Android Emulators allows us to run any Android applications on our PC or Laptop. You can even play PUBG for PC, Mini Militia for PC or Temple Run for PC if you install this Bluestacks Emulator.

• Step 1: Install any of the Android Emulator on your PC, if you don’t have any. Here is the link to download most popular Android Emulator – Bluestacks for PC.
• Step 2: Once you have downloaded and installed Bluestacks on your PC, Just open it on your Laptop. It may take a few moments initially to load.
•  Step 3: Just open Google Play store under the System Apps / App center section in Bluestacks (Refer to the below image).
• Step 4: Sign in with your Google Account in Play store and search for Hotstar app. Just click on the first link of Hotstar App with the official logo.
• Step 5: Click on the install button then to start the installation process. It may take a few seconds to install depending on your internet speed.

• Step 6: Now you can find Hotstar for PC app icon under My Apps section of Bluestacks. Just double click on the Hotstar Download app icon to open Hotstar on your PC / Laptop

Voila! You have installed Hotstar App for PC. You can now use the Hotstar app on PC, similar to how you use Hotstar app on your Android or iOS smartphone.

Here is the official video of Bluestacks on How to install Hotstar on your PC using this application –

Download Hotstar for PC – Alternative Method:

• Step 1: Once you have Bluestacks for PC setup is done, you can download the APK file directly and install Hotstar App for PC without using Google Play store.
• Step 2:  Download Hotstar APK file through the link provided in the Technical Details section.
• Step 3: Open the Bluestacks software and in the bottom right corner, you should see ‘Install APK file‘ option as shown in the screenshot below.

• Step 4: Click on that option and navigate to the path where Hotstar APK file is downloaded. Select the file and click on Import. Once you did that Hotstar App will be automatically installed on your PC.
• Step 5: After the installation completes, you will see Hotstar app in ‘My Apps‘ section as in the below image.

You can open the app by double-clicking on the icon and enjoy Hotstar for PC. You can use this alternative method to install Mod APKs (Not available in Google Play store).

There are even more Android emulators available for Hotstar Download for PC. But bluestacks is the best and most popular among all the other app player available on the internet. It is free to use and rich in graphics to have a seamless watching experience. So Download Hotstar for PC using Bluestacks emulator and enjoy the cricket live streaming and many more on the laptop screen.

Following are the best Movies and Shows streaming on Hotstar:

• IPL 2019 Live Streaming exclusively on Hotstar
• Game of Thrones
• On Air with AIB
• Sarabhai vs Sarabhai
• Mahabharath
• Koffee with Karan
• Chai Time with Kenny
• How I met your Mother
• Prison Break
• Bigg Boss 2 Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi Versions

There are more content available on Hotstar in Entertainment and sports section. Almost each and every sports match are being telecast-ed live on Hotstar. It’s worth taking Hotstar premium subscription. A yearly subscription costs you Rs.999 and you can watch IPL 2019 live streaming, series like Game of Thrones, latest movies and live channels on all the supported platforms like Web, Android, iOS and Smart TVs.

Hotstar Download for PC – Bottom Line:

Hotstar is all in one pack for entertainment. It has everything for you to entertain. Started off with live cricket streaming app, now Hotstar is the trending and most popular content provider destination for Movies, Sports, TV Shows, News, and Live channels. Just Download Hotstar for PC and enjoy all these entertainment content with full of benefits.

Now you can use Hotstar App on your PC as like you use it in your android mobile. If you face any issues in Downloading Hoststar App for PC – Windows, let us know through comments. We will be happy to help you with Hotstar installation on PC. Cheers!