With Betternet, you get access to multiple features depending on your platform. This features can vary from split-tunneling to killswitch. Please select what platforms features you want to know more about below:

Windows

With Betternet, you get access to multiple features and settings that can improve your privacy and security with our VPN. Please take a look at each feature below.

The Betternet app on Windows has 4 different categories, each with their own settings.

General

This tab contain some general settings which affect how the app itself behaves

Start on launch

This feature, if enabled, will cause the Betternet app to start when the computer boots up.

Always-on VPN

This feature, if enabled, will help the VPN reconnect automatically if it somehow gets disconnected. This will eliminate the need to manually connect the VPN if it does get disconnected.

VPN Special Features

This is not a setting. Whe nclicked, it will show you a screen of some special features Betternet offers.

Advanced

This tab contains more advanced settings which affect the VPN connection.

Kill Switch

This nifty features prevent IP leaks in case Betternet suddenly disconnects. If enabled, the killswitch will stop the flow of data, thus stopping any websites or other services over the Internet to obtain your real IP address.

Local Network Protection

If toggled on, this feature will block access to your local network. This is useful if you are located on a public network such as a hotel or café, to prevent others on the network from spying on you. As it will also prevent you from accessing other devices on your network such as printers or shared drives, you may wish to leave it disabled if you're at home or on another network that you trust.

Prevent IP leak

Enabling this will prevent your IP from being detected while connected to the VPN. Once connected to Betternet, your public IP has already changed, but this feature can prevent any sites, caches, or cookies from leaking your IP.

Safe WiFi Hotspots

If this setting is toggled on, then Betternet will attempt to automatically turn on or connect when you are connected to a  secure WiFi hotspot. Secure WiFi hotspots are those listed as private networks in your firewall, which are protected by a password.

Unsafe WiFi Hotspots

If this setting is toggled, then Betternet will attempt to automatically connect to the VPN when you are connected to an Unsecured WiFi hotspot. Unsecure WiFi hotspots are those listed as public networks in your firewall, such as a hotel.

Protocols

This tab allow you to select the VPN protocol you want to use to establish a connection with the Betternet VPN servers.

Automatic (Recommended)

This is our default option. When this protocol is selected, we will pick the fastest and most secure protocol to connect to for your network or area.

Hydra

This is our company-developed protocol. This unique protocol is the fastest in the VPN industry and faster than our other protocols. It is the most secure of our protocols.

IKEv2 (IPSec)

While IKEv2(IPSec) is less secure than the other protocols, this is one of our fastest protocols. While not on par with Hydra, this is still a reliable protocol that may help with certain technical issues.

WireGuard

WireGuard is our newest protocol. It has a strong balance between speed and security.

Split Tunneling

This tab allows you to fine-tune which applications or websites should use the VPN on your computer.

Bypass VPN

Bypass VPN allows you to specify which apps or website should bypass the VPN. Anything added to this list will use your normal ISP-provided IP address--even though everything else may be routed through the VPN.

Route via VPN

With this enabled, only the specific websites you list will go through the VPN connection. Do note that only the websites listed will go through the VPN, everything else will use your normal internet connection.

Android

With Betternet on Android, we have features that can help you to increase your privacy and security when while the VPN. Please take a look at each one below:

VPN Protocol

This tab allow you to select the VPN protocol you want to use to establish a connection with the Betternet VPN servers.

Smart

This is our default option. When this protocol is selected, we will pick the fastest and most secure protocol to connect to for your network or area.

Hydra

This is our company-developed protocol. This unique protocol is the fastest in the VPN industry and faster than our other protocols. It is the most secure of our protocols.

WireGuard

WireGuard is our newest protocol. It has a strong balance between speed and security.

Auto-protect

With this setting enabled, Betternet will automatically connect to the VPN whenever your device starts up.

Privacy settings

This option lets you revisit and change your consent for things like personalized ads. This option is only available on Free plans.

Split Tunneling

This feature allows you to fine-tune which applications or websites should use the VPN on your phone. It has two options.

Bypass VPN

Bypass VPN allows you to specify which apps or website should bypass the VPN. Anything added to this list will use your normal ISP-provided IP address--even though everything else may be routed through the VPN.

Route via VPN

With this enabled, only the specific websites you list will go through the VPN connection. Do note that only the websites listed will go through the VPN, everything else will use your normal internet connection.

Always-on VPN

Always-on VPN ensures you are always connected to the VPN at all times, unless you manually disconnect.

Kill Switch

If Betternet suddenly disconnects, enabling this feature will stop the data flow, protecting you by not allowing any internet traffic to run in the background once the VPN disconnects.

Mac

With Betternet, you get access to multiple features and settings that can improve your privacy and security with our VPN. Please take a look at each feature below.

Auto-Protect

Activate auto-protect to automatically connect to betternet under specific cirumstances. It has 3 settings.

Start on launch

This controls whether Betternet should automatically launch when your computer starts

Auto-connect

With this option enabled, Betternet will automatically connect to our VPN servers whenever the BEtternet application launches.

Notify on Public Wi-Fi

Notify on Public Wi-Fi will warn you whenever you connect to a public Wi-Fi--such as at an airport, hotel, or café--reminding you to connect to Betternet.

Kill Switch

If Betternet suddenly disconnects, enabling this feature will stop the data flow, protecting you by not allowing the internet traffic to run in the background once the VPN disconnects.

Split Tunneling

This tab allows you to fine-tune which websites should use the VPN on your computer. This feature is only available with the Hydra VPN protocol.

Bypass VPN

Bypass VPN allow you to specify which website should bypass the VPN. Anything added to this list will use your normal ISP-provided IP address--even though everything else may be routed through the VPN.

Route via VPN

With this enabled, only the specific websites you list will go through the VPN connection. Do note that only the websites listed will go through the VPN, everything else will use your normal internet connection.

VPN Protocol

This tab allow you to select the VPN protocol you want to use to establish a connection with the Betternet VPN servers. Switching protocols can be useful to help debug certain speed or connection issues.

Auto (Recommended)

This is automatically the default option when first installing Betternet. When this protocol is selected, we will pick the fastest and most secure protocol to connect to for your network or area.

Hydra

This unique protocol is developed by us and have been rated as one of the fastest VPN protocols. It is also the most secure of our protocols.

IKEv2 (IPSec)

While being less secure than our other protocols, this is one of our fastest protocols. While not on par with Hydra, it is still a reliable protocol that may help with certain technical issues.

WireGuard

WireGuard is our newest protocol. It has a strong balance between speed and security.

iOS

We have a few settings on iOS for Betternet to help better secure your device and information. Please review each setting below.

To view your settings, click on the three lines in the upper-left corner of the app.

VPN Protocol

Auto (Recommended)

This is the default option when first installing Betternet. When this protocol is selected, we will pick the fastest and most secure protocol to connect to for your network or area.

Hydra

This unique protocol is developed by us and have been rated as one of the fastest VPN protocols. It is also the most secure of our protocols.

IKEv2 (IPSec)

While being less secure than our other protocols, this is one of our fastest protocols. While not on par with Hydra, it is still a reliable protocol that may help with certain technical issues.

WireGuard

WireGuard is our newest protocol. It has a strong balance between speed and security.

Kill Switch

If Betternet suddenly disconnects, enabling this feature will stop the data flow, protecting you by not allowing the internet traffic to run in the background once the VPN disconnects.

Auto-Protect

Activate auto-protect to automatically connect to betternet under specific cirumstances. It has 3 settings.

Always-On

This option tries to automatically reconnect to the VPN if the VPN connection drops unexpectedly. This is a Premium-only feature.

Unsecure Wi-Fi networks

With this option enabled, Betternet will automatically connect to our VPN servers whenever your iOS device connects to an unsecure Wi-Fi network.

Off

This option disables the Auto-Protect feature.

Split Tunneling

This tab allows you to fine-tune which websites should use the VPN on your computer. They are mutually exclusive, and both can't be toggled on at the same time.

Bypass VPN

Bypass VPN allow you to specify which website should bypass the VPN. Anything added to this list will use your normal ISP-provided IP address--even though everything else may be routed through the VPN.

Route via VPN

With this enabled, only the specific websites you list will go through the VPN connection. Do note that only the websites listed will go through the VPN, everything else will use your normal internet connection.

Push notifications

This controls which notifications the Betternet application sends you. It has two options.

Allow all notifications

With this option enabled, all Betternet notifications are allowed.

Unsecure WiFi alerts

With this enabled, you will get notified when you join an unsecure WiFi.