ExpressVPN makes its AI assistant and tracker blocking available to all users

Date:
Thu, 05 Nov 2026 16:56:13 +0000

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ExpressVPN has added tracker blocking and ExpressAI to its cheapest plan following its broader plans shakeup earlier in the year.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter ExpressVPN has added tracker blocking to its Basic plan, a tool previously limited to Advanced and Pro plans ExpressAI is also now included with 50 daily credits, 1 model, and
100MB of storage The change follows the February 2026 shift to three plans offering its new spread of tools ExpressVPN has expanded what its entry-level Basic plan includes, adding two features that were previously reserved for higher-priced tiers.

Subscribers on Basic now get tracker blocking alongside access to ExpressAI, the companys private AI assistant. Until now, that level of protection
started with the Advanced plan, while ExpressAI was exclusive to Pro. Heres whats changed, and why it matters. Tracker blocking comes to Basic The Basic plan already blocked ads, malicious sites, and adult content a package ExpressVPN calls Lite Protection.

It lacked tracker blocking: the ability to stop scripts that follow you
around the web and quietly build a profile of what you browse. That
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For a plan that already sits at the cheaper end of the market, at just $2.99/month, that narrows the gap between budget and mid-tier subscriptions considerably.

Advanced keeps its other perks 12 simultaneous connections versus Basics 10 and a more generous email protection allowance. ExpressAI arrives on the
lower tiers The bigger addition is ExpressAI , a private AI assistant built
on confidential computing. In plain terms, that means conversations are processed inside a protected environment that even the provider itself cant read a pointed answer to the growing unease over how much consumer AI chatbots actually see.

Basic subscribers get 50 credits a day, 1 AI model, and 100MB of storage,
with web search included. Advanced bumps that to 100 credits daily, the same single model, and 500MB of storage. Pro still the home for power users retains the fullest version, with 500 credits per day, six AI models, and 2GB of storage.

Whether 50 credits and 100MB is enough depends on how heavily you lean on an assistant; its best thought of as a taste of the full service rather than a replacement for it. Yet for anyone curious about private AI who was put off
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its Black Friday VPN prices and they might have restored my faith in this year's deals IPVanish has launched its Black Friday VPN deals for 2026 old lower prices on its new look plans Part of a bigger push The update extends a strategy ExpressVPN kicked off in February 2026 , when it rebuilt its plan lineup around a suite of tools: the ExpressAI assistant, the ExpressMailGuard email shield and the Identity Defender monitoring service, which was limited to US users at launch.

ExpressKeys , the providers password manager , moved from the main app to a standalone one as part of the same shake-up. At the time, TechRadars Rob
Dunne called the restructure the biggest expansion to ExpressVPNs portfolio since its eSIM launched in December 2024.

Even then, Basic users missed out on much of it no ExpressKeys, no Identity Defender, and no tracker blocking either. Thats what makes the current update notable.

With Black Friday landing on November 27, VPN providers are already dangling enticing offers: Surfshark was one of the first out of the blocks, dropping the price of its mid-tier plan to match its entry-level one. Against that backdrop, ExpressVPNs richer Basic plan looks well positioned for the sales season. Today's best ExpressVPN deals ExpressVPN 24 month 1.99 /mth View at ExpressVPN ExpressVPN 12 month 3.49 /mth View at ExpressVPN ExpressVPN 1
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