Update 15/7/2026 : This article originally described the new features and fixes in the context of Nym's iOS app. The piece has been updated to reflect the update on other platforms.
Nym Technologies has released a major update to the NymVPN app across various platforms, adding several new connectivity and convenience features.
At the core of the update are new features designed to give users control over the balance between privacy and performance.
NymVPN is one of the more technical VPNs on the market. Central to its operation is the titular Nym mix network, or mixnet, which hides user metadata by routing traffic through a mixture of servers, scrambling IP addresses on both sides of the connection.
At the same time, a blend of other users’ traffic and decoy traffic is sent through the same mixnet, making it effectively impossible to trace any actions back to you.
NymVPN has seen several notable improvements of late. After being named one of TechRadar's VPNs to watch in January 2026, NymVPN added post-quantum encryption as standard in June this year, split tunneling for Windows users in April, and an ad-blocker earlier in 2026.
It now resembles a typical VPN a little more closely, though the new features and fixes included in the 2026.11.0 title update (labelled 2026.11.2 on Android) are a bit more complex than your typical VPN update. Read on for a breakdown of the new features.
Key features
The update introduces Server Families, a new alert system that lets users know when their chosen mixnet servers may belong to the same operator or subnet. This allows users to maintain decentralization by choosing servers from different operators for each node in the mixnet.
All Nym servers are community-run and decentralized using blockchain technology, but using different operators for each node maximises the possible obfuscation of network traffic.
Additionally, the update adds a new Mixnet Tuning feature in beta, allowing users to adjust the balance between anonymity and privacy.
Mixnets operate through a number of ‘hops’, referring to individual nodes between the origin and destination of network traffic. Nym uses a five-hop mixnet as standard, with an entry, exit, and three connection points in between.
This creates latency – according to Nym, its mixnet adds 15ms of delay per hop by default, totalling 75ms across five hops.
This is an intentional measure designed to hide the timing of your network traffic, as well as its origin and destination, but could be annoying for streaming video or playing online games, where latency should be as low as possible to maximise performance.
Mixnet Tuning adds two settings that allow users to adjust the NymVPN’s default instructions while maintaining connection. These are the ‘Send traffic continuously’ setting, which offers a range of 0.7Mbps to 2Mbps for decoy traffic, and ‘Packet mixing profile’, which changes how long each mix node holds onto your traffic, from 0ms to 200ms.
Keeping it convenient
NymVPN’s latest update also brings some quality-of-life improvements to the service, and while it’s still a fair way from our list of the best VPNs, it’s good to see that the app will now be easier to use on the best iPhones and best iPads.
These improvements include the ability to change the app icon to a calculator or notepad to avoid prying eyes, a bug fix for an issue that displayed subscription data incorrectly after a fresh install, and stronger ad blocking.
Additionally, Nym has increased NymVPN's data allowance from 2TB per month to 25TB per day. This is less of a limit on user behaviour and more of a safeguard against spam attacks.
And as for access in restricted areas, the desktop only Geo-Exclusion (beta) feature allows users in China to use NymVPN to access online content outside from other countries while still maintaining access to local services which block VPNs. As the full release notes detail, NymVPN says it will bring the feature to Russia next.
