hide.me VPN for Windows: Release Notes

Last modified: October 9, 2024

From time to time, we will release a new version of our app to add new features, improvements, fixes. We have decided to compile information on the changes we’ve made in a Windows release note which can be found below:

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hide.me 4.2.0

• New setting “Floating sidebar” to control sidebar behavior
• New setting to set light or dark app icon
• Improve location list, add connection indicator and disconnect option
• Improve WireGuard stability
• Improve tray icon menu
• Improve auto connect with OpenVPN

hide.me 4.1.2

• Improve app stability and increase RPC timeouts

hide.me 4.1.1

• Update OpenVPN DCO driver to version 1.2.1
• Integrity checker now always runs in soft mode
• Fixed running processes elevated as admin
• Fix SoftEtherVPN in non-english environments

hide.me 4.1.0

• Social media section
• Feature to report broken websites, request streaming location and report bug
• Pause VPN over system tray
• New widgets: Private search, mini map, socials, add widget
• Move setting gear to left sidebar
• Improve best server detection
• Location list: Add sort by distance
• Option to export and import settings
• Fix layout for Arabic language
• Improve communication with hide.me endpoints
• Signature validation of embedded libraries
• Overall performance improvements and minor bug fixes
• Update OpenVPN to 2.6.10

hide.me 4.0.4

• Lock app with PIN
• Fix validation of custom DNS IPv6 servers

hide.me 4.0.3

• Add option to limit port forwarding to specific apps

hide.me 4.0.2

• Fix updater

hide.me 4.0.1

• Add port forwarding

hide.me 4.0.0

• Introducing widget dashboard
• Introducing map view
• New user interface based on Fluent 2
• Upgrade to .NET 6
• Minimum supported version: Windows 10 and above

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hide.me 3.17.3

• Improve WireGuard connection

hide.me 3.17.2

• Increase RPC timeout
• Terminate app on unobserved task exception

hide.me 3.17.1

• Update OpenVPN DCO driver to version 1.2.1
• Fix SoftEtherVPN in non-english environments

hide.me 3.17.0

• Social media section
• Feature to report broken websites, request streaming location and report bug
• Improve communication with hide.me endpoints
• Improve best server detection
• Add sort by distance to location list
• Update OpenVPN to 2.6.10

hide.me 3.16.3

• Lock app with PIN
• Pause VPN functionality
• Fix validation of custom DNS IPv6 servers

hide.me 3.16.2

• Add option to limit port forwarding to specific apps

hide.me 3.16.1

• Fix updater issue

hide.me 3.16.0

• Added port forwarding option into the app

hide.me 3.15.1

• Exclude SmartGuard from streaming and Mulithop servers
• Update firewall driver to fix an issue with Dell Optimizer

hide.me 3.15.0

• SmartGuard DNS filter for ad & malware blocking, parental guidance
• OpenVPN 2.6 with DCO as default driver
• Improve settings overview and remove “Beta” from Bolt

hide.me 3.14.1

• Explicitly use TLS 1.2 on Windows 7
• Set IPv4 preferred as default to establish the VPN tunnel
• Bugfix WireGuard and split tunnel under Windows 10

hide.me 3.14.0

• New setting to set preferred IP protocol to establish VPN tunnel (learn more)
• Option to add multiple custom locations
• Optimise location overview

hide.me 3.13.x

• Improved Free user onboarding
• Reset SoftEther VPN service password on error
• Improve locations sort mode and show ping for favourite locations
• Updater: Check if “StealthGuard-Bind Internet to VPN” is enabled

hide.me 3.12.x

• Bugfix: Connect on application start
• Server list improvements
• Improve notice design

hide.me 3.11.x

• New: App navigation
• New: Display connection details
• Rename setting “Limit connection to VPN” to “Allow local network connections”
• Always enable Kill Switch reconnect
• Limit location sorting to tab “Standard”

hide.me 3.10.0

• New lab feature: OpenVPN DCO (data channel offload, min. requirement Windows 10 20H1)
• WireGuard 0.5.3 upgrade (Windows 7 supported)
• WireGuardNT default driver – Reset default server location on logout
• Fix DNS query handling after disconnect

hide.me 3.9.2

• Bugfix kill switch script
• Bugfix set network adapter IPv6 MTU
• Show available features to Free users
• Always enable “Limit to VPN” for streaming servers

hide.me 3.9.1

• Added new lab feature called WireGuardNT (Kernel-based driver)
• Moved Multihop VPN from Lab option to server location list

hide.me 3.9.0

• Bolt feature performance improvements
• Enhanced Bolt DNS routing
• OpenVPN protocol upgraded to v2.5.3 (official build)
• Wireguard protocol upgraded to v0.2.2 based on official v0.3.16
• Wintun upgraded to v0.12
• Improve access token handling for WireGuard protocol
• Update firewall driver for better security

hide.me 3.8.3

• Improve Bolt service initialization
• Add IP exclusion list for Bolt and exclude local network connections by default
• Improve secure reconnect with Stealth Guard
• Improve firewall behaviour on sleep/awake, connection drop and whitelist implementation
• Fix disconnecting loop
• SoftEther update default port

hide.me 3.8.2

• Fix secure reconnect with kill switch
• Improve geo ip fetch
• Allow SOCKS traffic with Bolt
• Improve updater notification

hide.me 3.8.1

• Minor bugfixes to improve stability

hide.me 3.8.0

• Introduce Lab features in the app’s settings
• Hide.me Bolt – Fastest VPN integration
• Added new feature: Multihop Double VPN
• Refactor firewall

hide.me 3.7.2

• Firewall stability improvements

hide.me 3.7.1

• Update OpenVPN OpenSSL library

hide.me 3.7.0

• Refactor DNS logic and always enable DNS leak protection

hide.me 3.6.1

• Update OpenVPN binaries to 2.5.0
• Improve overall stability

hide.me 3.6.0

• VPN server location search enhancements
• Ability to set IP protocol to Auto / IPv6 / IPv4 for the VPN tunnel.

hide.me 3.5.0

• Pick best server location based on ping by default
• User can now change best location mode at the Network tab
• Simplifying hide.me app logs creation
• Added 7 days Free Premium Trial for selected countries (Austria & Australia)

hide.me 3.4.3

• Includes stability fixes for OpenVPN

hide.me 3.4.2

• Custom DNS improvements where manual DNS (if needed) entries are working seamlessly.
• Added US streaming servers to tray list in the server location settings so you can access Popular US TV Channels.
• Improvements in application core.

hide.me 3.4.1

• Fix OpenVPN 2.5 WinTUN split tunneling
• Set public DNS when split tunneling is active
• Option to select optimised locations for US streaming.

hide.me 3.4.0

• Added WireGuard® as a new hide.me VPN protocol.
• Key pinning support for updater routine

hide.me 3.3.2

• Added OpenVPN fallback for WinTUN adapter with Windows 7
• Improve location sorting By Country name or By Ping

hide.me 3.3.1

• Fixed Split Tunnel interface in the hide.me VPN client.

hide.me 3.3.0

• Added support for TUN adapters (WinTUN)
• Added OpenVPN 2.5 git with WinTUN 0.8 version
• Improved Signup flow. i.e. The process of logging in and to activate hide.me free plan is much more easier now.

hide.me 3.2.1

• Improve stability of VPN connection
• Update to OpenVPN version 2.4.8
• hide.me app settings will not reset upon logging out from the app.
• Improve SoftEtherVPN connection handler
• Remove embedded IP check. When you click on the IP details within our app, it will now redirect you to our IP check page.

hide.me 3.2.0

• Added notification center so we can deliver important notice and/or promotion (if any) to you directly.

hide.me 3.1.2

• Added DNS Connection Watcher

hide.me 3.1.1

• Your ISP’s DNSv6 (if any) will be restored correctly upon disconnecting from hide.me VPN.
• Block all protocols in Stealth Guard i.e. Regardless of the VPN protocols you’re using, the VPN connection will be blocked if you enable Stealth Guard in hide.me app.

hide.me 3.1.0

• You can now specify hide.me app to auto-connect on the connection type you’ve specified.
• Support for browser extension so it would work seamlessly with hide.me app.
• Bugfix for IPv6 and Limit apps to VPN

hide.me 3.0.6

• Added Czech language translation

hide.me 3.0.5

• Improve automatic DNS detection

hide.me 3.0.4

• Improve OpenVPN DNS handling
• Bugfix to clear DNS after connection
• Protect OpenVPN management interface
• Improve Custom DNS settings
• Change SoftEtherVPN TCP connection default value to 8

hide.me 3.0.3

• Restore your DNS settings upon on VPN disconnection

hide.me 3.0.2

• Improve DNS handling whist hide.me VPN is reconnecting

hide.me 3.0.1

• Set internal VPN IP as DNS
• Enable variants as custom server input
• Bugfix for DNS issue if the VPN connection drops
• Bugfix for disconnect loop

hide.me 3.0.0

• Preparation for IPv6 Support
• Auto Connect for WiFi and Ethernet
• Use local DNS IP over VPN
• Quick search in Settings menu
• Stealth Guard interface improvement
• Bugfix for disabled “Enable VPN” button

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Feedback / Suggestion?

Our team are working hard to improve our service so you will always stay protected whilst being online.

If you have any feedback or suggestion which is not listed in the Windows release notes above, please get in touch with our support team.

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Problems Connecting?

If you’re having problems connecting to our VPN service, please submit a support request from hide.me VPN client.

This will provide us with the connection log and we’ll able to assist you further.

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