Wi-Fi Auto-Connect feature

VPN
1

Why isn’t there an option to automatically enable ProtonVPN when connecting to Wi-Fi?
I mean, it would be even better to have an option to esclude some of the saved Wi-Fi networks, and mark them as “trusted”.

But the simple use case that 90% of travellers use is to switch VPN on as soon as connecting to a public Wi-Fi. I don’t need to waste my battery and Internet data when navigating in 5G with a VPN.

Why can’t I just automate that with one click in the app?

Yeah sure, you can do that with 3rd party apps, but come on. We are in the era of AI automation and we seriously still need to remember to switch on and off our VPN when walking outside of the hotel or airport?

2

Yeah the option of auto enabling the VPN when connecting to an unknown WiFi would be amazing.

Pretty sure NordVPN can do that in both their android and iOS apps.

3

Hi! We’ll pass on your request to the team for future consideration. Thank you for the feedback!

4

Share it on Protons official Community Feedback website: https://protonmail.uservoice.com/

5

I just got proton VPN and I’m very surprised I cannot set it to auto connect on my Google TV.
I see posts dating years back asking for this.
I only wish I read those before I bought it :disappointed_face:

6

Yes, NordVPN does do this and i wish Proton would as well. I requested this years ago

7

How we doing on that request, let’s see it implemented. I left PIA for Proton and it’s the one thing missing for me.

8

Also curious the status of this request! Is it the team’s backlog? Any timeline on when it might be worked on?

9

Quite an hassle to pay for 3rd party apps to implement something that competitor VPNs just have built in. Dont you think?

10

Yes. ExpressVPN has this cool option.

11

NordVPN can do that on their iOS app.