JioHotstar down messages are surfacing all over social media pages and debates. The tense environment is troubling all of us, and one of the most-watched OTT platforms is facing an outage for the last 20-24 hours. What is the full story behind this? Let us find out inside this story.
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JioHotstar App Down And Not Working: But Why?
The JioHotstar app has not been working since the last afternoon. Today, till the morning of 16 October as well, the issue seems to be continuing for several users across the globe.

In India, this app has been one of the most-watched OTT platforms, and people watch it for movies, sports, TV serials, and more. But for the last 20-24 hours, we can’t watch anything on this app.
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What Actually Happened?
Since yesterday, whenever you switch on the JioHotstar app, you will see a message showing ‘Network error’. In fact, even when you open it in a browser and log in from there, you will receive either a ‘Server error’ message or a ‘Site not working’ message on JioHotstar. This means that JioHotstar is down.
The official handle of JioHotstar on X confirmed this issue, apologized to fans for the inconvenience, and has promised to sort things out for the time being.
But till then, what can you do? Here’s the way
My JioHotstar Is Down: How To Solve It?
Well, here are the measures you can take.
- New users seldom face this issue, so try reinstalling the app or contact someone who has a fresh ID on this app. OR
- Go to your phone settings and clear the Cache of this app, and then open it again. OR
- Switch to JioTV in case you have logged in there as well, as this app is streaming properly on many JioTV connections.
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That’s it. In case these measures also don’t work for your JioHotstar down case, then the best option and the only option left is to wait till things are resolved.
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