how's it going everybody welcome back and today we're taking a look at expressvpn's application
now vpn apps can make or break the experience in so many ways easy setups and intuitive designs can
increase accessibility for less advanced users while bugs and sluggingish can't turn away even
the savviest techies now expressvpn fortunately is as free of bugs as it can be while maintaining
the well highest level of accessibility i've seen in any vpn in the industry it's
very well coded it's incredibly easy to understand and i think it's just made for ease of use in mind
first and visual appeal second uh so you can tell of course in terms of visual appeal
it's really not that interesting it's just made to be a small window that you're supposed to use
to just click a button and you know turn on the vpn and put it away now expressvpn is very easy
when it comes to just using it in general even if you want to change locations you know you've got
recent locations here you've got a smart location which will pick a location automatically based on
your location and connection uh and you've got all locations as well as recommended and everything
is just neatly set up based on continent here and you know when you download the application
you're given an access code to enter once you start it up for the first time and that's it
uh the code eliminates the need for you to enter your username and password and you never really
have to do it again it really simplifies the installation process in a way we haven't seen
from other providers and that is applied also to all other platforms not just windows
of course again the ui is actually identical in every single device so whatever you're using be it
windows mac ios or android it's always going to be the same user interface which is really cool
so i'm going to put it on the screen right now the application on android and how it looks it really
looks just identical as you can tell and let's get back to the desktop so if i go to a speed test
here of course if i showed you here the locations you wouldn't be able to see any kind of ping or
download uh stats or anything like that oops that's a mistake um though you are able to go to
settings here and hit it hit the speed test let me bring it over and with these speed tests
you'll be able to tell the download speed and latency now keep in mind though and of course
from here you can actually pick which region you would like to test if let's say i'm going to test
the recommended locations now keep in mind the latency is accurate but the download speed is
not quite so accurate so it will tell you which is the fastest server for you but the numbers just
won't be accurate i'm not exactly sure uh how or what criteria do they use let's say to test your
connection but the my download speed if i went to let's say ucla right now i wouldn't get these same
numbers my download speed is about you know 5.7 5.8 megabits per second not very impressive but
sometimes you know it just gives numbers that are all over the place so i'm not exactly sure
how the download speed is measured here but the latency is accurate the download speed
will correctly indicate which server is faster so that's it and now if you go to the options
it's also very easily accessible and easy to read just some startup options here the network lock
which is the kill switch which will disconnect or terminate your connection if your vpn disconnects
unexpectedly which is really rare in expressvpn's case and with the split tunneling here it's also
very easy to operate uh super simple you know you can tell that they're really just not trying to do
anything fancy here uh really practicality and simplicity over everything i think that's what
they're really going for and if you didn't know split tunneling will allow you to select which
apps uh use the vpn in which apps don't so if you wanted to just use your vpn on your torrenting
client you can definitely do that while leaving your entire network intact or untouched by the vpn
so that the vpn will only route your torrenting client through its tunnel so i'm just going to
turn that off and then you have protocol shortcuts browsers and advanced you know essentially you
don't need to mess with anything unless you're trying to get a browser you can get one of those
browsers for sure if you would like and with regards to protocols you'll notice that when you
first download it it'll be on automatic i don't recommend using automatic although it works well
i prefer using the best performing protocol the lightweight udp protocol uh which will give you
more a more consistent experience when it comes to connection times and speed you could definitely
use openvpn udp which is also very powerful in uh expressvpn much more powerful than the
openvpn udp protocols in other uh vpns like nord and surfshark for example and it's quite a bit
faster than any other openvpn udp protocols in other vpns but lightweight udp protocol will be
let's say the most optimized protocol so i would definitely recommend using it for everything
it'll work 99.9 percent of the time besides that that's it really uh the application is made for
ease of use and practicality expressvpn is of course known for its top-notch security
so uh of course if you would like to learn more about expressvpn you'll find a full in-depth
review in the description down below uh which will give you more of an in-depth look into the privacy
policy speed streaming taunting capabilities as well as security and features so be sure to keep
that in mind if you guys are interested you'll also find special deals and discounts so feel free
to take advantage of those while they last and of course expressvpn has a 30-day money-back
guarantee on all of their plans be it the one-month plan one-year plan or six-month plan so
no worries there you can just contact their live chat support their 24 7 live chat support and you
ask for your refund given you ask for it before the 30th day so that'll be it for this video thank
you guys very much for watching and i'll see you guys in the next one have a wonderful day