When the connection drops, the app now tries again right away. Before, a new attempt could wait for a slow reply from our servers, sometimes for a minute or more. On Android, HopFox VPN now works when another VPN or proxy app has left a proxy setting on the phone: before, the list of locations could stay empty. On Android the app also notices more reliably that the phone has no internet, and connects as soon as the network is back. We also opened a Telegram channel with news and updates, the link is in Settings, Help, in every app: t.me/hopfoxvpn. Windows, Mac, Linux and Android 0.8.7. The apps update on their own.
While connecting, the app now shows what it is doing right now: finding a route, starting the tunnel or checking a location, with a seconds counter. If your device has no internet at all, the app says so and connects by itself as soon as the network is back, instead of trying again and again. Each connection attempt now takes about 10 seconds at most, and the app notices stopped traffic sooner in more cases. On Android, HopFox VPN now connects even when another VPN or proxy app on the phone uses the same local ports; before, it could not connect at all. While connected, the app talks to our servers through the VPN itself and remembers which way to our servers works on your network. If our website does not open, the payment page opens through one of our servers. We also fixed two rare crashes on some Android phones. Windows, Mac, Linux and Android 0.8.6. The apps update on their own.
If traffic stops twice within a short time, the app now reconnects in about 10 seconds both times. Before, the second time could take up to two minutes. When the quick search finds a working path, the app now gives the new connection a second check before dropping it, so it switches location less often for nothing. Fixed: after turning the VPN off and quickly on again, the app could mistake our server's address for yours and then fail to connect to that location. On Android the app now keeps its keys on the phone, so it can reconnect even when our panel cannot be reached on your network. Short restarts of our panel no longer show errors in the app. Windows, Mac, Linux and Android 0.8.5. The apps update on their own.
On networks where Reality is slowed down sooner, the app now starts with XHTTP. Our server tells the app which protocol to try first, so this can be changed without an update. If traffic stops while you are connected, the app now notices in about 10 seconds instead of 15 and reconnects by itself. Before reconnecting it makes a short check through the tunnel, so a long upload is no longer cut off by mistake. If the same server still does not answer, the app moves to another location after about 8 seconds instead of waiting up to a minute. If you turned off Switch location and your location does not open on your network, the app now stops after three tries, says so plainly and offers the nearest location with one button. Before, with the kill switch on, it could keep trying forever. On Windows and Linux, a new device with the kill switch on can now use AmneziaWG as a fallback. Windows, Mac, Linux and Android 0.8.4. The apps update on their own.
We have launched a partner program. Share your link, and when people who came through it buy Premium, you get 50% of every monthly payment for 12 months, or 40% of every yearly payment for 3 years. Not only the first payment: every payment for the whole period. Your earnings for a month move to your balance on the 1st of the next month, and you can withdraw from €50. Individuals are paid in USDT (TRC-20), companies by bank transfer in euro, SEPA or SWIFT. Signing up takes a minute: email, password and your payout details. Everything about the program, an income calculator and the sign-up are on the Partners page: hopfoxvpn.com/partners/
Until now, if the location you chose did not open on your network, the app tried other ways one after another, and it could take from half a minute to several minutes. Now, if the chosen location does not answer within a second and a half, the app tries several ways at the same time: the other protocol of the same location and the three nearest locations, and connects through the first one that answers. Where a location is blocked, connecting now takes two to five seconds. If your chosen location answers too, it keeps priority. If traffic stops while you are connected, the app now notices in 15 seconds instead of 30 and reconnects by itself. There are no more pauses between attempts while the first connection is being made. On Windows and Linux, if another VPN program on the computer uses the local ports HopFox VPN needs, HopFox VPN now picks free ones by itself. Windows, Mac, Linux and Android 0.8.3. The apps update on their own.
We have added 18 servers. Most locations now run on two or three servers, and their addresses are in different networks, so if one address stops opening on your network, the others usually still do. There are also two new locations: Geneva and Los Angeles, 14 in total. You do not need to choose a server: the app gets one address for each location, and if that address stops working on your network, it gets another address of the same location. No update is needed, the apps pick up the new servers on their own.
Android checks each way of connecting faster, the kill switch no longer gets in the way of the first connection, and the apps move to another protocol correctly when one is blocked. Windows, Mac, Linux and Android 0.8.2. The apps update on their own.
If the first way of connecting does not get through, the apps now try the other ones within seconds instead of a minute, and if none works they move on to another location right away. Windows, Mac, Linux and Android 0.8.1. The apps update on their own.
On the free plan the location list now shows the free locations first and the Premium ones below a separate line. If Premium ends while a Premium location is selected, the app switches to a free one by itself. Windows, Mac, Linux and Android 0.8.0. The apps update on their own.
