The download is the easy part. This is what the 1xBet app does once it's installed: betslip mechanics, cashout, push alerts, biometric login, live cricket streaming on Ncell and NTC. Tested across Pokhara, Kathmandu, and Chitwan over three IPL seasons.
Updated: June 2026 · Android 14 + iOS 17 walkthrough
Open 1xBet AppOpen the app and you land on the Sports tab. Five icons across the bottom drive everything.
The bottom navigation has Sports, Live, Top, Promos, and Menu. Sports lists upcoming events grouped by discipline. Live shows whatever is happening right now with running scores and updating odds. Top is curated by 1xBet — IPL match of the day, El Clásico, the Super Bowl when it's on. Promos opens the bonus library. Menu is your account, deposits, withdrawals, settings.
Above the bottom nav, there's a horizontal sports rail. Cricket sits at position three on Nepalese installs — football and live first, cricket third. You can drag it to position one by long-pressing the icon, dragging left, and releasing. The change sticks across sessions and survives reinstalls if you're logged in.
IPL, BBL, Nepal domestic, T20I, ODI, Test. Long-press to pin to first position.
EPL, La Liga, Champions League, Nepal A-Division. Default position 1.
Everything in progress. Filter by sport, league, or odds range.
Slots, live dealer, table games. Separate from sports balance.
Pro Kabaddi League, international friendlies. Markets thinner than cricket but workable.
1xBet's virtual sports. Football, racing, lottery. Always available.
The hamburger top-left opens secondary sections — Statistics, Results, Live Calendar, Rules. Statistics is genuinely useful for cricket pre-bet research. It pulls head-to-head records and recent form for both teams, broken down by venue and toss winner.
Tap any odd in the app and it joins your betslip. Here's what the slip can actually do.
The betslip lives in a floating tab at the bottom-right corner once you add a selection. Tap it to expand. Each selection shows event, market, your pick, current odds, and a small X to remove. At the bottom: stake field, type selector (Single / Accumulator / System), expected return, place bet button.
One selection, one stake. Standard sports bet. If you tap two events while in Single mode, the slip splits the stake — ₨200 stake across two singles becomes ₨100 each. To bet ₨200 on both as separate singles, switch to "Single" explicitly and enter stakes per row.
Multiple selections, one combined stake. Odds multiply. Three selections at 1.80, 2.10, and 1.65 give combined odds of 6.24 — your ₨500 stake returns ₨3,120 if every selection wins. Lose one selection, you lose the whole bet. This is the format that clears welcome bonus wagering.
Hedge between singles and accumulators. A 2/3 system on three selections creates three separate accumulators of 2 selections each. You win something if any two selections come in. Useful when you have a strong opinion on three games but don't want to lose everything on one upset.
Tap "Construct" on a major cricket fixture. The app lets you combine markets within one match into a single bet. Example: "India to win" + "Kohli top scorer" + "Total runs over 320." Each leg has correlated risk, so combined odds compress vs. pure parlay math — 1xBet calculates this server-side. The interface is clean enough that you can build a five-leg same-game-multi in under a minute.
Cashout shows a real-time exit value for unsettled bets. The button is the difference between holding a losing accumulator to zero and walking away with something.
Go to My Bets in the app. Each active bet shows a green Cashout button with a number — that's what 1xBet will pay you to close the bet right now. The value updates every few seconds based on the live odds of remaining selections.
The math: if your potential return is ₨5,000 and three of four selections have settled in your favour with the fourth event still ahead, cashout might offer ₨3,400. You're surrendering ₨1,600 of potential upside in exchange for certainty. 1xBet takes a margin built into that calculation — typically 4-6% under "true" value.
The Live tab is where the 1xBet app earns its size. Streams, ball-by-ball markets, instant settlement.
Tap Live, filter by Cricket. You'll see every match in progress with current score, overs remaining, and a stream icon if 1xBet is carrying the feed. Tap a match — the screen splits into video on top, markets below. Quality auto-adjusts from 240p to 720p based on your connection.
Streaming requires a funded account with any positive balance, even ₨100. The feed has roughly a 6-8 second delay against the live TV broadcast — important to know because the in-play odds reflect what 1xBet's traders see, which is ahead of you. Don't try to arbitrage your TV feed against the app's odds.
Per ball, 1xBet offers: next ball outcome (dot, single, two, four, six, wicket), next over total runs, next batsman dismissal method, next wicket-taking bowler. The interface refreshes every delivery. You can have a bet placed and settled before the next ball is bowled.
IPL: all matches. BBL: most. Nepal domestic: selective. T20 World Cup: all.
6-8 seconds behind TV broadcast on 4G. 3-4 seconds on WiFi.
10-15 markets refresh between deliveries during a cricket innings.
Tap odds, confirm, place — under one second on 4G.
The football live engine is similar in mechanics but the market count is higher — easily 80+ live markets on a Premier League fixture, including corner counts, card counts, next throw-in, and player-specific markets.
Default notifications are noisy. Here's the configuration that filters for what actually matters.
Menu → Settings → Notifications. Turn off "Promotional offers" first — it's the largest source of noise. Leave on "Bet result" and "Bonus updates." Then drill into "Sport notifications."
In Sports tab, tap the star icon next to Cricket. This brings cricket notifications to the top of your feed and enables granular sub-controls.
Inside Cricket, star IPL, BBL, T20 World Cup, and Nepal Premier League if you care about them. Unstarred leagues won't push notifications.
Open any starred match. Top-right bell icon shows alert options: Match start, Wickets, Score milestones, Final result. Enable selectively — wickets fire often during T20 matches.
Menu → Settings → Notifications → Quiet Hours. Default off. Set 23:00–07:00 to suppress notifications during sleep. Bet results still notify if a settlement happens during quiet hours.
On Android 8+, the app creates separate channels for Sport, Bet result, Bonuses, and Promotions. You can mute Promotions at the OS level even if you leave the in-app toggle on. Settings → Apps → 1xBet → Notifications → uncheck Promotions.
Fingerprint or Face ID skips the password screen. Setup takes 30 seconds.
The 1xBet app uses your device's native biometric API — Android's BiometricPrompt or iOS's LocalAuthentication. No biometric data ever leaves your phone. The app receives a yes-or-no result from the OS, nothing more.
If you change your password from the website, biometric login on the app continues to work. The app stores an OS-encrypted token, not your password. The token gets re-issued silently next time the app talks to the server.
Two underused features that save real time during cricket binges.
Long-press an empty space on your home screen → Widgets → find 1xBet → drag the Live Score widget into place. It refreshes every 30 seconds and shows the current score of starred matches. Tap the widget to open the match directly in the app. Useful during work — you get cricket updates without unlocking the app.
Menu → Settings → Quick Bet → enable. Set a default stake (₨100, ₨500, whatever your standard is). With Quick Bet active, tapping any odd places a single bet at your default stake immediately — no betslip review, no confirmation tap. One-tap betting.
The 1xBet APK auto-prompts updates every 2-4 weeks. Here's how to update cleanly.
The Android APK has built-in update detection. On launch, if a newer build is available, you'll see a banner. Tap "Update Now" and the app downloads the delta inside the app, then prompts you to install. Your login, settings, starred matches, and notification preferences carry over — the install is an in-place upgrade, not a fresh install.
If you skipped updates for a few cycles, you may get a forced update screen — the app won't let you proceed until you install the latest version. This usually correlates with backend protocol changes. Allow it.
To check your version: Menu → About → Version. Compare against the version on 1xBet's mobile download page. They publish the current build number alongside the download link.
Real numbers from daily use in Pokhara, Kathmandu, and the Terai region.
| Network | Bet placement | Live odds refresh | Streaming quality | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ncell 4G (Kathmandu) | <1s | 2s | 720p | Strongest performance overall |
| NTC 4G (Kathmandu) | 1-2s | 3s | 480p | Slight throttle during peak hours |
| Ncell 4G (Pokhara) | 1s | 3s | 720p | Reliable across the lakeside area |
| NTC 4G (Chitwan) | 2-3s | 4s | 480p | Acceptable for live betting |
| WiFi (home fibre) | <1s | 1-2s | 720p | Best for streaming sessions |
| 4G during IPL final | 2-4s | 5s | 360p | Network congestion across all carriers |
The app handles network handoffs without dropping your session. WiFi to 4G transition during a live bet — common when you walk out of your office — preserves the betslip. The OAuth token is held in memory; only the network layer rebuilds.
A betting app that drains 8% an hour while idle is a problem. The 1xBet app sits below 2%/hour in background.
Tested on a Samsung Galaxy A54 (Android 14) and an iPhone 13 (iOS 17.4). Background battery drain over 24 hours with the app installed, logged in, push notifications enabled: 1.6% on Android, 1.1% on iOS.
Active foreground use spikes higher — about 12-15% per hour during live streaming. That's the video decoder pulling power, not 1xBet specifically; the same number applies to YouTube on the same hardware.
To clear cache without losing login: Android → Settings → Apps → 1xBet → Storage → Clear Cache (not Clear Data). On iOS the app does this internally — Menu → Settings → Storage → Clear Cache.
One account per person is the rule. Multiple accounts on one device is a feature for households.
The 1xBet app supports multi-account login on the same install. Useful for couples or roommates who both bet but want separate balances. Menu → Switch Account → Add Account. Each account stores its own login, preferences, and bet history.
Switching takes 2-3 seconds. The app re-authenticates with the new account's token and reloads the active session. Push notifications follow the most recently active account — you won't get cross-account notifications.