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No, NordVPN does not drain your phone battery

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  • West Coast Labs found that the VPN battery drain is just a myth
  • Leaving NordVPN on for 24 hours drains just up to 1.8% of battery
  • NordVPN's NordLynx uses up to 31% less battery than OpenVPN

One of the biggest reasons people turn off their cybersecurity apps is the fear of a dead smartphone. For years, the conventional wisdom has been that running a virtual private network (VPN) in the background will relentlessly chew through your daily charge.

However, new independent research commissioned by NordVPN reveals that this long-held belief is actually a massive misunderstanding. If you've been avoiding firing up the best VPN to save a few precious battery percentage points, your phone has probably been lying to you.

West Coast Labs carried out an evaluation across flagship Apple, Samsung, and Google devices. Testing showed that running NordVPNcontinuously for a full 24 hours added a mere 1.4% to...

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