The paid version of X-VPN has dedicated streaming servers, but they are not available for free users. X-VPN’s Free service is a bad VPN for streaming. We’ve tested every X-VPN server and summarized the best one for each streaming service below: Streaming Service While the VPN unblocks many content platforms, the streaming quality isn’t what you get with the best streaming VPNs. The main issue with streaming with X-VPN is its slow international speeds. X-VPN can only unblock the US and Australian Netflix libraries but since the US library is one of the most coveted, this is still a fairly strong streaming performance. We found Protocol D to be the best for reliably unblocking US Netflix. We’ve compiled the average download and upload speeds of X-VPN’s ‘fastest’ protocols on Windows so you can compare and contrast them to ‘Protocol M’: We’re also unconvinced by the speed ratings as Protocol E performed second best in our tests despite its lowly ranking. It provides no information on why Protocol H and Protocol C are rated five out of five stars for security but the rest of the protocols are capped at four. You can find a table on the VPN service’s website ranking seven of the 11 protocols by different categories, including: X-VPN provides barely any contextual information about its proprietary protocols, citing ‘privacy reasons’. Our tests to the UK, Germany, and US all regularly hit an average of 75Mbps with minimal fluctuation. The upload speeds across all locations were disappointing but we were impressed by the consistency of the download speeds. While this doesn’t compete with the fastest VPNs we’ve reviewed, it’s still fast enough for most online activities. Most notably, we recorded a speed loss of just 25% when connecting to the US as well as an average ping of 88ms. Singapore: 41Mbps (download) & 3Mbps (upload).Japan: 66Mbps (download) & 3Mbps (upload).Germany: 76Mbps (download) & 17Mbps (upload).USA: 74Mbps (download) & 5Mbps (upload).Here’s a breakdown of X-VPN’s international speeds: In summary, X-VPN’s logging policy doesn’t do enough to protect its users’ privacy, especially considering its links to China. We would feel more assured about X-VPN’s logging policy if it was verified by an independent audit or even a warrant canary. While none of the information X-VPN logs is identifiable in isolation, collecting your geo-location and connection timestamp is, in theory, enough to de-anonymize your activity. This information is used to help X-VPN with product development, and can be deleted upon request. You can decline this prompt but it’s still troubling that X-VPN has the capacity to track your data on iOS. X-VPN’s justification is “to cover the free server cost,” however this is not the case on the free Android app. This becomes apparent when first starting up X-VPN’s iOS app which requests permission to track your activity. X-VPN is unique in that the amount of data collected depends on the device in use. X-VPN attempts to track your activity both online and across different apps on iOS.
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