Unknown Speaker 0:00 What's up everyone, Patrick
here and in this video, I'll be showing you how to use Nord VPN on your Android phone. Now Nord VPN
is one of the top VPN services available today. And VPN simply stands for virtual private network
and it allows you to mask yourself online, it takes your IP address and routes it through a
server in a different region. And then your end destination sees the IP address of that server
instead of you. Now I'll include a link down below to Nord VPN, as well as any other deals
or discounts that you can't get on their website. So let's hop onto our phone. And the first thing
we'll do is head over to the Google Play Store. And in the top search bar, type in Nord VPN. Now,
the first result should be Nord VPN, and the title should say Nord VPN, fast VPN app for privacy and
security. And you know, it's the right one, when you see over a 4.3 star rating with over 300,000
reviews and 10 million plus downloads. That's how you know that is definitely the right Nord VPN,
because it is one of the most widely used VPN services available, and it's available
and not just your PC or Mac computers, but also iPhone, Android and some gaming consoles. But
Today's focus is for Android, so we'll go ahead and hit that Install button. And it will now
download the app to your phone and install it once it's done. And once everything is all done, you
can go ahead and hit open to open up the Nord VPN app. Now with the app open, the first thing you'll
be greeted with is a map of the world. And you can pinch to zoom in and out just like most other map
applications, and it shows you visually all these different location icons that simply represent the
different countries that Nord VPN is available in or has a presence in, it's not the amount of
servers but the amount of countries now, within these countries, there are different regions that
Nord is in. And then within those regions, there are different servers or really just branches
out from the top down and hitting the Quick Connect button will just grab the most efficient
and best connection for you and your device or clicking on any one of those location icons will
connect you to the best available server within that country for you. Now on your first connect,
it's going to ask you to approve Nord VPN as your VPN service for your phone, you go ahead
and hit OK. And as you can tell clicking on the country after you've already connected to it,
you can then get a full list of all the available regions for that country, you can just swipe
up and get a full list. And then you can see also it has a total number of servers in those regions.
So you have a good idea for the better locations, especially if you're someone who's trying to avoid
region lockouts on streaming sites or if you're looking for a specific destination to connect to.
Now clicking on that gear icon in the top left will bring open the account in settings page
and it gives you a full list of all the available settings within Nord VPN. Now,
clicking on the top one cyber sec, that just means cyber security and that helps boost
your security and shield yourself from malware, phishing and other bad actors while online. Now,
just below that you have the allow local network discovery which allows you to subvert your VPN
and connect to local devices such as printers and other computers on a similar network. And
then below that, you've got the split tunneling, which simply allows you to control whether or not
certain apps are connecting to your VPN when they're using Wi Fi. And by default,
it's on so everything that uses Wi Fi, as long as Nord is on and connected to a VPN server will
use your VPN. So you won't have a specific app that accidentally connects in unless you want it
to. Now just below that you have the auto Connect setting which allows you to connect automatically
and set the parameters for that whether you're on cellular data on Wi Fi, or if your VPN is always
on. And by default, it's off. So if you want your phone to automatically connect to the VPN,
the second you turn it on, make sure you go into the setting and hit always. Otherwise you have
full control whether it's just on cellular data or Wi Fi. Now jumping down to the next setting is VPN
protocol. And that's just how the VPN service connects to its servers. Nord VPN offers three
different protocols, but by default, it uses the recommended one, which is simply the best one for
your specific situation that's based off location connection and a couple of other parameters. Now,
you'll see when you're connected, there's a little green bar at the top of the window
clicking on that will give you a drop down showing you your IP address as well as the protocol that
is used to connect to that server. Now whenever you're connected to a server, like I said before,
all you have to do is swipe up and you can see more settings about that and get a full list of
all the other countries that you can connect to. Now what's cool here is on the mobile version,
you can see how many cities are available Unknown Speaker 4:53
under those countries and within those cities. It gives you a list of all the available
servers so you get an idea for how many servers are Within that city, and then how many cities
are within that country that you can connect to. And just like that, that is how to use
Nord VPN on your Android phone. Now Nord is one of the most powerful, secure and fastest VPN services
out there. But what's even better is they have a 30 day money back guarantee, so you can try
it out. And if you're not a fan, you don't end up losing anything. But if you're like me, you'll end
up keeping the service anyway because you'll just be that impressed with it. And like I said before,
I'll include a link down in the description below as well as any other deals or discounts
to go along with it that might not be available on their website. So if you found this video helpful,
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and I'll see you next time. Transcribed by https://otter.ai