Google Fi’s VPN service has began rolling out to subscribers on iPhone, the company has announced. The characteristic, which routes your telephone’s web site visitors via an encrypted connection to guard your privateness, has been out there on Android since launching in beta in November 2018. The launch comes a bit later than Google’s beforehand introduced “spring” launch date, but it surely’s shut.

In a followup tweet Google says not all iPhone customers could have entry to the characteristic immediately, however that it will likely be extensively out there “over the coming weeks.” To flip the characteristic on, 9to5Google notes that you must make sure that your Fi companion app is up to date to the newest model, after which head to “Phone Settings” in the principle Account tab. From there go to “Privacy & security,” the place there’ll finally be a “Protect your online activity” choice to allow. The VPN is included with all Google Fi plans.

The arrival of Google Fi’s VPN on iOS comes as Apple is gearing as much as launch an analogous privacy-protecting characteristic as a part of its iCloud Plus subscription service. Apple’s model, which it’s calling Private Relay, routes your internet site visitors via a pair of relay servers to guard your delicate data. It’s designed in such a approach in order that not even Apple itself has an entire image of your searching.