OpenVPN & Multihop

[ghost]

I have checked if others have suggested this already

• I have checked this issue tracker to see if others have reported similar issues.

Feature description

Hey I would love to see OpenVPN and Multihop on Android.

Alternative solutions

Lockdown Mode like on Desktop would be nice too.

Type of feature

• Better privacy/anonymity
• Better at circumventing censorship
• Easier to use
• Other

Operating System

• Android
• iOS
• Windows
• macOS
• Linux

[MrChocolatine]

https://mullvad.net/en/help/shadowsocks-android

[ghost]

I know that but I hoped that it could come in the App

[MrChocolatine]

They recently confirmed multihop in mobile apps is coming, but for Wireguard:
#6011 (comment)

[ghost]

Oh okay thank you. I'm wondering if OpenVPN is not in the Android App, because it makes the Internet slower...

[MrChocolatine]

I'm wondering if OpenVPN is not in the Android App

It is not indeed.

[ghost]

I know and my guess is because of the latency...

[faern]

OpenVPN was not written with mobile devices in mind. WireGuard lends itself much better to network roaming, battery saving etc. OpenVPN needs to keep a constant connection alive etc.

We are not aiming to support OpenVPN on mobile. However, we are adding multihop and as many features as possible to the WireGuard tunnel on Android.