How to set up HotPlayer on iPhone / iPad

A step-by-step guide to watch IPTVin IPTV with HotPlayer on your iPhone / iPad: install the app, sign in with your login details and start streaming.

Follow the steps

  1. 1

    Locate Hot Player in the App Store

    On the iPhone or iPad open the App Store, tap Search and enter Hot Player. The download costs nothing and includes a trial; the playlist licence is bought in-app and covers your Apple TV and Mac as well.

    The Hot Player App Store entry listing iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV support
  2. 2

    Install, then open Hot Player

    Tap Get, wait for it to complete, then launch the app.

  3. 3

    HotPlayer requests a playlist

    On first launch HotPlayer reports no playlist and displays a device ID alongside hotplayer.app/upload. Leave the screen where it is.

    HotPlayer reporting that no playlist is registered, with the hotplayer.app upload address
  4. 4

    Register the playlist at hotplayer.app/upload

    From a browser, open hotplayer.app/upload. Set the source to Xtream Codes, supply the server URL, username and password from your activation email, and save.

    The hotplayer.app upload form, source set to Xtream Codes, with server, username and password fields

    Safari on the same iPhone or iPad handles this fine — the upload page is a website, not part of the app.

  5. 5

    Return to the app and tap Refresh

    Back in Hot Player, tap Refresh. The saved playlist is picked up straight away.

    The HotPlayer screen with its Refresh control
  6. 6

    Playback time

    The channel list, films and series load in. Select a channel to begin playback.

Installing HotPlayer on iPhone / iPad: what is different

  • On iPhone and iPad, HotPlayer installs from the iOS App Store — the same Apple ID you already use, no extra account.

  • iOS players are often a one-off paid download rather than a subscription. That charge is Apple's, separate from your iPhone / iPad playback.

  • Turn off Low Power Mode before a long match: iOS throttles background networking, which shows up as buffering mid-stream.

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