This means that, once you sign up for the Premium VPN plan, you will automatically get access to three additional products, based on your location – the infamous 1Password password manager, the Identity Guard (an identity theft protection service available in the US only) and Robo Shield (a US only spam and robocall blocker). The hot news from the recent updates on the Hotspot Shield’s websites is that now they are owned by Pango. For instance, NordVPN allows up to six, IPVanish supports ten, StrongVPN can handle 12, and there are no limits for Windscribe. However, since we are making a review, we should mention that there are some providers that allow more connections by default. This is the standard for the industry and is more than enough for most users. (For more details, please see the Support page).Īnother advantage of Hotspot Shield Premium is that it offers up to five simultaneous connections. This is not an issue, though, because the seller’s websites has recently introduced support for that. However, it won’t let you manually set up the service.

The Hotspot Shield’s Catapult Hydra protocol takes care of your protection. There are Windows and Mac apps, plus Android and iOS VPN clients, so, practically, you can install the service on any device that you have. Besides, the integrated blocking of malicious and phishing websites helps you to maintain security online. With the Premium plan, you can choose from servers in more than 80 countries, all of which are P2P-friendly. Upgrading to Hotspot Shield Premium removes the nagging ads that come with the free edition and gives you an unrestricted transfer of data (the free plan has a limit of 500MB only), as well as complete access to all of the locations and functions of Hotspot Shield’s VPN (the free version is restricted to US only). It has a free and a premium version but this review is all about the premium service and all the features that come with it. Hotspot Shield is a VPN service known by many. Relatively costly packages compared to single VPN services.Relatively limited configuration options in the apps.Works only with Hotspot Shield’s own apps.Clients for all major desktop and mobile OS.

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