How To Use Hotspot Apple

Tap on personal hotspot.

How to use hotspot apple. Logged into the same apple id on all your devices. When you turn personal hotspot on it will allow you to use any of these three options you don t need to alter any settings. Each device will also need to have bluetooth and wi fi turned on. Once you ve turned on personal hotspot it moves up a level so you can access it from settings personal hotspot. On your iphone if you ve never enabled the feature before go to settings cellular personal hotspot.

Using another ios device you can use instant hotspot by opening settings wi fi and looking for the ios device you want to connect to in the list of options. On the device that you want to connect to go to settings cellular personal hotspot or settings personal hotspot and make sure that it s on. When instant hotspot is in use you. How to enable instant hotspot on your iphone or cellular ipad. Wi fi bluetooth and usb.

First verify that the ios device you want to use as the hotspot is signed in to icloud with the same apple id as the mac or ios device you want to provide internet access to. Then verify the wi fi password and name of the phone. There are three ways to connect to your iphone and use its data connection. On your ipad ipod touch or another iphone go to settings wi fi then tap the name of the iphone or ipad providing your personal hotspot. Slide the personal hotspot switch to the on position.

If you re asked for a password when connecting make sure that your devices are set up as described above. Keep in mind you won t be able to connect to wi fi networks on your iphone while this is enabled and certain features such as airdrop might. Tap the personal hotspot on off switch you want it to be green.