Please click here to signup to IPVanish through our affiliate link. VPN services are useful for Kodi users for two reasons: protection your privacy and 
circumventing geo-blocking. IPVanish has been selected as our preferred VPN provider for Kodi in part because of their native Android TV support. This means that if you’re an IPVanish customer, you can easily install the IPVanish app the same way you’d install any other: through the Google Play Store. They also offer an app for the Amazon Fire TV. This focus on Android TV makes IPVanish the ideal VPN for Kodi users across the globe.
VPN services work by rerouting your internet traffic through servers located in different geographical locations. These servers aren’t supposed to keep logs, so they effectively anonymize your internet use. If you’re looking to watch something that is only available within a certain country, a VPN can help! VPN services also allow you bypass firewalls that block access to certain web sites within countries like the United Kingdom and China. Lastly, if you’re using torrents or AceStream/Sopcast live streaming, an IPVanish VPN will ensure that your privacy is maintained.
IPVanish also allows you to use international Kodi addons to watch TV from: Albania, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, New Zealand, Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, and Vietnam.
Step 1: Navigate to the Google Play Store icon from your Android TV launcher.
Step 2: Click on the Search icon at the top left corner of your screen.
Step 3: Input ipvanish using the on-screen keyboard, then press the Search icon at the right of the keyboard.
Step 4: Click on the IPVanish VPN icon.
Step 5: Click on the INSTALL button at this point.
Step 6: Wait a few seconds for the IPVanish VPN app to download to your Android TV device.
Step 7: Click on the OPEN function once the IPVanish VPN app is finished installing.
Step 8: Click on the Username field. If you don’t already have an IPVanish account click here to signup.
Step 9: Input your IPVanish username using the on-screen keyboard, then press the Enter button to the right of the keyboard.
Step 10: Click on the Password field.
Step 11: Input your IPVanish Password using the on-screen keyboard, then press the Enter button to the right of the keyboard.
Step 12: Click on the Login button at the right of the window.
Step 13: Once you’re logged in, click on the little settings cogwheel at the top right corner of the window.
Step 14: Enable the Start IPVanish field under the Android Startup heading.
Step 15: Click on the Startup Connection Action under the IPVanish Startup heading.
Step 16: Select the Connect to last connected server field.
Step 17: Return back to the IPVanish VPN main menu.
Step 18: Click on the Country tab from the vertical menu bar to the left of the window.
Step 19: Select the Country through which you’d like your traffic to be routed. If you’re using torrents or P2P and don’t care about geo-blocking, keep the default setting for fastest speeds. You can always go back and change this setting, to whichever location from which you wish to stream geo-blocked content.
Step 20: Click on the CONNECT button from the vertical menu bar.
Step 21: Click on the OK button when prompted by the Connection request notice.
Step 22: You’re now connected. If you ever find that the VPN is ever running slowly, disconnect and reconnect as necessary.
Step 23: In the future, you can access the IPVanish VPN app directly from your Android TV launcher’s apps bar.
Now that you have your IPVanish VPN installed, we recommend checking out our Top 10 Kodi Addons list which features some great addons that give you access to all the latest movies and TV shows, but are generally geo-blocked so that they are only accessible from either the United States or United Kingdom. You’ll have a lot more luck with international Kodi addons as well. Those of you who watch live sports will love Plexus with SopCast/AceStream as well.
