

Warp will be a free service that can be accessed through the 1.1.1.1 app, but the company promises to not capture any user-identifiable data or sell browsing history and will constantly perform audits with third- parties to ensure the service is respecting user privacy. We also leveraged Cloudflare’s massive global network, allowing Warp to connect with servers within milliseconds of most the world’s Internet users. We’ve built Warp around a UDP-based protocol that is optimized for the mobile Internet. While other VPNs slow down the Internet, Warp incorporates all the work that the team from Neumob has done to improve mobile Internet performance.

The service comes after Cloudflare’s acquisition of Neumob in 2017, the tech from Neumob is what powers the efficiency of Warp: This is the company’s second service that’s direct to customers, after the introduction of its DNS, 1.1.1.1, last year.Ĭloudflare’s goal with its VPN service is to make it easy to use and make sure it works properly in the harsh conditions faced by mobile devices, such as changing between Wi-Fi networks, switching between Wi-Fi and LTE, and also captive portals, which are common in public places that offer free Wi-Fi. Following their tradition of introducing new services on April 1st, Cloudflare is today announcing Warp: a new mobile VPN that promises to protect the users’ internet traffic while improving speed at the same time.
