Proton VPN has unveiled its roadmap for Spring/Summer 2026, outlining a series of upgrades designed to make digital privacy more seamless for its users.
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The Swiss-based provider announced that its main focus for the coming months is to deliver a faster and more reliable experience across all platforms. Proton VPN is completely overhauling its core architecture to maintain its position as a strong contender for the title of best VPN.
The centerpiece of the new roadmap is an all-new WireGuard . This experimental core is designed to build faster applications, deliver leading anti-censorship capabilities, and lay the foundation for post-quantum era encryption.
The new architecture is already available for beta testing on Android and Windows, with releases planned for macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and Linux in the coming months.
Linux VPN users are also in for a major upgrade. Proton is redesigning its Linux GUI app to align with the sleek look and feel found on other platforms. Notably, the update will introduce long-awaited support for the Stealth protocol, which cloaks VPN traffic to help users bypass aggressive network throttling and deeply restrictive firewalls.
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Windows users are not left behind. After a successful launch on mobile, Proton will soon bring its granular connection preferences to the desktop. This will allow Windows users to permanently exclude specific countries, cities, and states from the “Fastest Country” and “Random” connection options.
Finally, Proton VPN for Business is getting an administrative upgrade. IT teams will soon be equipped with advanced web filtering policies, centralized controls for always-on VPN and split tunneling enforcement, and a real-time management dashboard for monitoring network alerts.
This progressive roadmap follows an extremely busy first half of the year for the provider, which has been aggressively rolling out app updates and expanding its infrastructure to an impressive 20,000 servers.
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Following increases in user demand, Proton VPN expanded its network to cover 145 countries. The addition of servers in highly restricted areas like Gabon, Haiti, Lebanon, and Nicaragua solidified its position as the leading service for global coverage.
