VPN Proton: Fast & Secure VPN

FBZ

I have been using this VPN for sometime now. One good thing about it is that it is relatively fast and has many servers. The only reason I am not giving it a 5 star but 2 stars is that the wireguard protocol on the desktop never works and the advertised Tor connection does not exist at all. It's just made up. (Updated review): The Tor connection is said to be at some servers, however I never noticed it while using the app. Maybe it could be placed in a very visible spot on the app.

emil k

Disconnects with no indication on Android. Missed messages and notifications because of this. I've seen people have the problem for years now. Reached out to support with no response yet. I really wanted to commit to the Proton suite for email, VPN, calendar, and drive, but this issue is too serious and there's no telling when they'll fix it. Edit: The number is 405235. Still no response as of Tuesday.

Dana Booth

The speed was very good, I ran into two issues, 1) couldn't download or update apps at google play store, (even after cache and data clearing, reboot) and 2) battery consumption was way too high. Update 6/5 - after last update, can't connect for more than a couple of minutes at a time before connection goes away. Says its connected, just no traffic

Matt Osbun

Worked great. For about half a day. Then it suddenwcouldnt connect to any servers. When it finally did, I had no internet connection on my phone. This VPN is literally the equivalent of Airplane Mode for your phone. Edit: Decided to give another try. Credentials stored in LastPass suddenly no longer work. This is a real dumpster fire.

Eric Grant

If, as you stated, that "local isp's and authorities are interfering with your vpn and there's nothing you can do about it", I guess that's lights out! Still works on my phone, for now. Can't connect using any server on new HP Chromebook. Error message states: Failed to connect. Just keeps jumping to the next server and tries to connect to no avail. Additionally, the new update is painfully slow and I have no idea where the map and countries section disappeared to on the web version.

neckrope gaming

This VPN sometimes make my phone slower ever since the new update. I am not a nerd about this kind of stuff but I think its probably because of the free version. I remember the version of it: never been this slow like come on! Well overall good VPN if you want partically protected against the web if your using the free version. You can go to EFF fingerprint website and find out yourself.

Carson Saldanha

UPDATE: I managed to fix this issue by changing the protocol in settings from "Smart (auto)" to either "IKEv2" or "OpenVPN." If anyone else is using the app on Chrome OS and having issues, I'd advise you to try this workaround. ORIGINAL: App doesn't seem to work on Chrome OS anymore, sadly. Every time I try to connect, it says "connection failed." It used to work up until a couple months ago.