{"id":43380,"date":"2021-10-13T12:38:40","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T12:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/7f591560-7976-4016-afbf-83da3158d308"},"modified":"2021-10-13T12:38:40","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T12:38:40","slug":"best-android-vpn-2021-our-top-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/best-android-vpn-2021-our-top-four\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Android VPN 2021: Our top four"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One of the things most interesting about the Android OS is the wide variety of devices it’s available in. Sure, there are Android phones<\/a> and tablets<\/a>. But Android also functions inside most recent Chromebooks and now — improbably, but in a fully supported way — Windows 11<\/a> devices, even Intel-based Windows 11 computers. <\/p>\n

That diversity of deployment makes the Android implementations of VPN clients particularly interesting. If, for example, you want to run a VPN on your Chromebook, your best bet is to install an Android VPN client and let that client do all the heavy lifting. We discussed that in-depth in our Best VPN for Chrome and Chromebooks 2021<\/a> guide. <\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the more open environment of Android means that there are many different implementations, versions aren’t regularly updated, and as this interesting piece by the NordVPN folks shows<\/a>, malware is more prevalent. That makes inherent malware scanning within the VPN client particularly helpful. <\/p>\n

In this overview, we look at four of the most popular Android VPNs. Here’s what we think: <\/p>\n

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4.3 Google Play Store average, 446K ratings <\/a> <\/h3>\n

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