How to Setup WiFi Hotspot on Android Phone


This guide will walk you through How to Setup WiFi Hotspot on Android Phone. This can apply to any Android or Samsung galaxy Smartphone such as the Galaxy S10,S20, Note 10, Note 20 and so on.

This is great in cases where you need to share your Internet connection with other devices such as another phone, Laptop or other device with WiFi capabilities you own.

The process is cool and you can create a WiFi Hotspot or Mobile Hotspot that can allow other devices to browse. I often use it when there is a internet outage and my phone and us the data plan on my phone to allow my laptop and so on to be able to access the internet.

Can also share internet with friends and a group or person that may not have access in various situations.

How to Setup a Mobile Hotspot?

This is how to setup a Mobile Hotspot or WiFi Hotspot on your Android phone.You can read the directions or watch the video below.

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1.Go ahead and go to settings.

2.Next choose connections and look for : Mobile Hotspot and tethering.

3.Go ahead and turn on Mobile Hotspot with the toggle to use the defaults (or) to customize the settings before turning on Tap the text to see the settings as is.

3.You can go ahead and connect to the is or change the name of the WiFi Network name or Hotspot SSID. Also you can modify the password to one you like or leave the default the choice is yours.

4.When Satisfied go ahead and turn the toggle on at the top of the screen to make the WiFi Hotspot active.

How to Connect to the WiFi Hotspot?

You can connect any device to the WiFi Hotspot you like. As long as it can access WiFi normally.

1.You can connect device by the QR Code at the top of the screen upper right. Learn more about QR codes.

2.You can also connect the normal way you usually do on your phone by swiping down at the top of the screen long pressing WiFi turning it on and selecting the name of the network you named or look for the name shown under the Mobile Hotspot setting.

Enter the password you created or one given and you can browse the Internet as long as your phone that’s hosting the hotspot has Mobile data.

3.Laptops are easy simply click the wireless WiFi symbol beside the time in the lower right and look for the Hotspot by name and connect by entering the password.

4.Other device should be just as easy. Find the WiFi connection and find the network and connect.

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