Pick your Seedr server manually in V2

Pick the fastest route from Seedr to your device

Seedr V2 now lets you benchmark active routes and choose a server yourself. Hit Check fastest, see which location wins right now, and pin it. No auto-switching mid-stream. You stay in charge of where your bits come from.

Why we built this

Seedr is fast out of the box. The part we cannot control is what happens between our servers and your device: your ISP, your Wi-Fi, the router at the hotel, the café network that deprioritises video traffic after 8pm. Default routing works well for most people most of the time, but "most" is not "always."

A few patterns showed up in support tickets:

• "Evening speeds feel slower than afternoon speeds, even though my internet is fine."
• "My hotel network hates one region and loves another."
• "I am on a mobile hotspot. Default route is not the closest one."
• "I want to pin a server while I leave a large file saving overnight."

The fix is not to auto-switch you around during a stream (that tends to cause more problems than it solves). The fix is to give you a quick benchmark and a manual pick.

What changed

Before: Seedr picked a route for you. No visibility, no override.

Now:

• Check fastest button. Runs a short benchmark against each available location from your device. Takes a few seconds.
• Manual server pick. Pick the winner (or any server on the list). Change it whenever you want.
• Ultra locations where available. Shorter paths, higher priority, generally faster peak throughput. Shows up near the top of the list.
• No auto-switching. Your pick stays until you change it. Predictable.

Important: this only changes the route from Seedr to you. It does not change how fast links fetch into Seedr. Inbound transfers run on our own backbone and stay fast by default.

How to use it today

Takes about ten seconds.

1. Open the Account menu (three-line icon — top-right on desktop, top-left on mobile).
2. Tap Save server.
3. Tap Check fastest. Wait a few seconds for the benchmark.
4. Pick the server you want. The list is sorted fastest-first.
5. Close the menu. Your next download uses that route.

Change it whenever the network changes. Good habits:

• At home in the evening when things slow down.
• On café or hotel Wi-Fi the first time you connect.
• On a mobile hotspot that looks different from your home connection.
• When a specific large file is behaving oddly and you want to rule out route problems.

When it helps most

• Evening congestion. Your usual server is fine at 3pm and slow at 9pm. Re-benchmark and pick tonight's winner.
• Travel. Hotel routing is notoriously weird. Run the check once on arrival.
• Big saves in the background. Pin Ultra (if your plan has it) so a 12 GB file finishes cleanly while you sleep.
• Tethering. Mobile carriers route differently than home ISPs. The benchmark often surprises you.

Roadmap

Still in the works:

• Per-device memory so Seedr remembers that your phone prefers one route and your desktop prefers another.
• Background health check that nudges you when your pinned server is visibly slower than the alternatives (still opt-in — no auto-switching).
• Ultra expansion to more regions.

Ultra availability depends on your plan and location. If you do not see it, it is not rolled out in your region yet.

One tap, your call

Check fastest is the shortest useful feature we have shipped in a while. No configuration, no daemon, no background surprises. You tap, you see the list, you pick. The rest of Seedr stays exactly the same.