YouTube on Android with Bebra VPN

Tap any country in the grid. With no subscription yet, the tap opens the Buy Bebra VPN screen instead. Paid before? That screen has Already have a subscription? → Sign in to account.

On the first connection Android asks whether Bebra may set up a VPN connection, and you confirm with your screen lock PIN or pattern. A moment later the line under the Bebra VPN header reads Connected to, followed by the country and an IP address, and a Disconnect bar appears at the bottom.

Phones without Google Play, Huawei among them, can install the APK file linked under the download button.

You pick up the phone after a while and the Connected to line is gone. On some Android phones that’s the system’s battery saving at work. The first time it happens, the app brings up a Battery saving pop-up with an Add to exceptions button. Tapping it lets the app ignore battery optimization.

If you closed the pop-up, the same button sits under Account → Settings, in a Battery saving block that only appears while Bebra VPN isn’t exempt yet.

Background play in the YouTube app is a YouTube Premium benefit, according to YouTube’s help centre, and a VPN doesn’t change that.

On Android 12 and older, a long bypass list may be applied only in part (the built-in For Russia list in particular). The app then tells you how many entries it used.