You can pick a country manually, or let Smart Connect pick the best server for you.
Manual selection
- Open the app
- Tap the country/server selector (top of the main screen)
- Pick a country from the list
- Tap Connect
The list shows all available locations. Tapping a country immediately switches the active connection to that server (or connects if you weren't connected).
Smart Connect (Best Server)
Smart Connect picks the server with the best score, calculated from:
- Latency to your device (ping)
- Current server load
- Historical reliability for your account
How to use it:
- Tap Smart Connect / Best Server at the top of the server list
- Or, if a server fails twice in a row in the same country, the app shows a Smart Connect banner suggesting a switch
Smart Connect avoids servers that recently failed for you — fully blocked for 10 minutes, then with a softening penalty for up to 6 hours.
When to switch server
- Current server feels slow → try a closer one or use Smart Connect
- Specific service blocks the IP → try a server in a different country
- Server keeps failing → use Smart Connect to skip the bad ones
Tips
- Closer is usually faster, but a slightly more distant server with low load can beat a closer one that's overloaded
- If you need a specific country (for streaming or local sites), Smart Connect won't override your choice — pick manually
- Switching server while connected reconnects through the new one — there's a brief drop in between