Last Updated on: 10th October 2019, 08:52 pm
Is It Possible To Watch Hulu Live TV With A VPN?
Desire to know whether you have to watch Hulu live TV via the app when using a Virtual Private Network (VPN)? If you want to access Hulu live TV from a Smart Television, put-top box or TV dongle, then that is where you have been going to run into difficulties with a VPN.
Understanding how and where you must utilize a VPN with Hulu live TV will assist to make sure you can’t perceive an intervention to the live TV streaming experience.
What is Hulu + Live TV?
Hulu + Live TV is one of many live TV streaming services now available. However, the exact number of channels and the selection of channels depends on location.
While there are many live TV streaming services now available, Hulu + Live TV also happens to include the standard Hulu subscription. This is an on-demand subscription service many are automatically paying for and upgrading to Hulu’s live TV streaming option means that $5.99 each month can be included in the $44.99 per month price, not on top of it.
Watching Hulu live TV with a VPN on Mobile
Hulu Live TV is designed for single-household use only. This includes live TV streaming and even when away from home.
When you activate a VPN on a smartphone, the Android mobile Hulu app doesn’t care. As the VPN is simply telling the Hulu app you are at a different location, and as the Hulu mobile app permits use in other locations, the VPN is irrelevant.
There are exceptions to this rule, however. Hulu also doesn’t allow live TV streaming in U.S. territories and so a VPN set to these locations is also likely to be a problem.
Another point to note is that Hulu prefers mobile devices to ‘check in’ with a home network at least once every thirty days. Therefore, if you have a VPN active for thirty days continuously, you might find the Hulu mobile app develops a problem and possibly even stops working altogether.
To rectify this, deactivate the VPN and open the app while connected to the home network again.
Watching Hulu Live TV With a VPN on a Home TV Device
When it comes to watching Hulu live TV at home, VPNs are a completely different story. It’s not so much that Hulu doesn’t want you using a VPN when using the Hulu TV app. This is where the VPN issue arises.
Due to the VPN telling the Hulu TV app you are in another location and connected to a different network, the app automatically stops working. If you are using a VPN simply to spoof your current location and not continuously bouncing from location to location over a period of time, then telling the Hulu TV app that the spoofed location is your home location may allow the app to function normally with the VPN in use.
Again, this is likely to depend on the VPN service in question and there are some issues surrounding this method. If the Hulu TV app understands a spoofed location is the home location, then every other device (including those owned by other family members) that want to access Hulu will need to be set to the same spoofed location.
All in all, if you want a reliable and uninterrupted viewing experience then it’s probably just easier to avoid the VPN route while the Hulu TV app is active.
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