Proton Drive just got 3x faster, and Linux users will finally get what they’ve been asking for
Proton Drive just got 3x faster, and Linux users will finally get what they’ve been asking for
Publish Date: 2026-06-06 00:28:00
Source Domain: www.xda-developers.com
Summary
- Proton Drive rebuilt backend; uploads up to 3x faster, downloads up to 2x faster.
- Photos and file browsing feel snappier; end-to-end encryption operations are 4x faster.
- Linux Proton Drive client is being built from scratch with these speed gains; release coming soon.
It’s easy to believe that there are only a handful of cloud storage services out there. Everyone knows about Google Drive, OneDrive, and the other big names, but there are alternatives you may be missing out on. Proton Drive is but one option, and people like using it as an alternative to the big leagues, but often complain that it’s quite slow. Well, Proton has just given Drive a much-needed rewrite, and now it’s faster than ever.
Proton Drive just got a speed-boosting rewrite
Now you can get more done faster
Credit: Proton
As announced on the Proton blog, the development team has been hard at work tweaking the backend of Proton Drive. The main goal for the dev team was to iron out some areas where the app wasn’t going as fast as it could. This meant rebuilding how Proton Drive works, and…
