{"id":239568,"date":"2026-05-05T10:52:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T14:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/05\/nymvpn-finally-brings-split-tunneling-to-linux-and-android-users-get-a-new-ad-blocker-the-tools-are-in-beta-and-the-provider-wants-to-hear-how-they-work-for-you\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T11:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T15:25:08","slug":"nymvpn-finally-brings-split-tunneling-to-linux-and-android-users-get-a-new-ad-blocker-the-tools-are-in-beta-and-the-provider-wants-to-hear-how-they-work-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/05\/nymvpn-finally-brings-split-tunneling-to-linux-and-android-users-get-a-new-ad-blocker-the-tools-are-in-beta-and-the-provider-wants-to-hear-how-they-work-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"NymVPN finally brings split tunneling to Linux, and Android users get a new ad blocker \u2014 the tools are in beta, and the provider wants to hear how they work for you"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/vpn\/vpn-services\/nymvpn-finally-brings-split-tunneling-to-linux-and-android-users-get-a-new-ad-blocker-the-tools-are-in-beta-and-the-provider-wants-to-hear-how-they-work-for-you\">NymVPN finally brings split tunneling to Linux, and Android users get a new ad blocker \u2014 the tools are in beta, and the provider wants to hear how they work for you<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/vpn\/vpn-services\/nymvpn-finally-brings-split-tunneling-to-linux-and-android-users-get-a-new-ad-blocker-the-tools-are-in-beta-and-the-provider-wants-to-hear-how-they-work-for-you\">https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/vpn\/vpn-services\/nymvpn-finally-brings-split-tunneling-to-linux-and-android-users-get-a-new-ad-blocker-the-tools-are-in-beta-and-the-provider-wants-to-hear-how-they-work-for-you<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-05 10:52:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.techradar.com\">www.techradar.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul id=\"elk-1956e3c9-6df1-4158-82af-4894c813394d\">\n<li><strong>NymVPN v2026.8 adds split tunneling (beta) to its Linux app<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Android users get a new beta ad blocker, toggleable in Settings<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The update continues NymVPN&#8217;s steady stream of releases across apps<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"elk-7c2f6c1e-097b-4295-88dd-d101cd555e52\">NymVPN has rolled out its latest update, version v2026.8, bringing two features that users on specific platforms have been waiting for.<\/p>\n<p>The headline additions are <strong>split tunneling on Linux<\/strong> and a <strong>built-in ad blocker on Android<\/strong>. The tools are both currently in beta, and the provider is eager to hear how they work for you.<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-7c2f6c1e-097b-4295-88dd-d101cd555e52-2\">While NymVPN is still building out its feature set and isn&#8217;t quite at the level of the best VPN services on the market just yet, the team&#8217;s regular cadence of updates keeps closing the gap.<\/p>\n<p>        <span class=\"\n            flex\n            after:content-[''] after:flex-1 after:ml-4 after:my-[0.7rem] after:border-t after:border-solid after:border-t-[#ccc]\n            before:content-[''] before:flex-1 before:mr-4 before:my-[0.7rem] before:border-t before:border-solid before:border-t-[#ccc]\n            font-article-heading pb-0 text-[length:var(--article-river-title--font-size,1em)] uppercase sm:text-[length:var(--article-river-title--font-size,0.875em)] font-bold\n        \"><br \/>\n            You may like<br \/>\n        <\/span><\/p>\n<p>The latest patch follows recent releases that brought split tunneling to Windows, macOS, and Android, meaning Linux users were the next obvious group to bring into the fold.<\/p>\n<p>Split tunneling is set to land on iOS next, so that is the new ad-blocker.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"what-s-new-in-nymvpn-v2026-8-3\">What&#8217;s new in NymVPN v2026.8?<\/h2>\n<p id=\"elk-2c8635dc-af19-476b-855b-18b9a3bdcb1c\">The biggest addition in v2026.8 is split tunneling for Linux, now in beta.<\/p>\n<p>Split tunneling lets you decide, on a per-app basis, what goes through the encrypted VPN tunnel and what connects directly to the internet. With NymVPN&#8217;s Linux client, you can now include or exclude specific apps from the tunnel as you see fit.<\/p>\n<p>This is useful for a few reasons. You might want sensitive traffic, like your browser or messaging apps, fully protected by NymVPN, while letting a local service or a bandwidth-heavy app skip the tunnel for better speed or compatibility. It&#8217;s a quality-of-life feature that long-time Linux users have been asking for, and it brings the Linux app closer to feature parity with NymVPN&#8217;s macOS and Windows clients.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NymVPN v2026.8 is live\ud83d\udee1\ufe0fSplit tunneling (beta) for Linux\ud83d\uded1Ad blocker (beta) for Android\ud83d\udd27Fix for pending subscription notification in app\u2935\ufe0fhttps:\/\/t.co\/KjlQBiVZo5May 5, 2026<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-096cc5d6-7857-4e98-8767-68e8280f7d0c\">The other major addition is an ad blocker for&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/vpn\/vpn-services\/nymvpn-finally-brings-split-tunneling-to-linux-and-android-users-get-a-new-ad-blocker-the-tools-are-in-beta-and-the-provider-wants-to-hear-how-they-work-for-you\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NymVPN finally brings split tunneling to Linux, and Android users get a new ad blocker&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":239569,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/qnQ2tEtJ6TtkitfgWpnWVU-759-80.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[71],"class_list":["post-239568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-linux","tag-linux"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239568"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239568"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":239572,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239568\/revisions\/239572"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}