How to use Personal Hotspot on your iPhone _ Apple Support

With personal hotspot .

You can share the cellular data connection of your iphone with another device .

When you don't have access to a wifi network .

Here's how we'll show you how to share your personal hotspot and how to connect a device ready .

Let's start by making your personal hotspot sharable in settings .

Tap personal hotspot if personal hotspot isn't listed here , tap cellular to enable this feature if you still don't see it , contact your carrier to make sure you can use personal hotspot with your plan .

If you're connecting one of your own devices that's signed in to your icloud account , your personal hotspot will automatically be available in your network list to share your connection with your friends and other devices .

Tap , allow others to join your personal hotspot also has an auto generated Wi Fi password , but you can tap to change it any time .

Now , let's connect the device to your personal hotspot .

If you're connecting your iphone or ipad open settings and tap wifi and then find the personal hotspot you'd like to use .

If you're connecting your Mac , click the wi-fi icon in the menu bar in the upper right corner , then select your personal hotspot from the list .

It may take a moment to appear , you or your friend might need to enter the personal hotspot password found on the device that you want to connect to .

Once you're connected , the personal hotspot icon will appear in the menu bar on your mac or the status bar on your iphone or ipad .

You can then use the internet to find out how many devices are connected to your personal hotspot .

Open control center on your iphone , touch and hold the network settings card and look for personal hotspot .

You can tap the personal hotspot button to stop sharing your connection with other devices .

Now , you know how to connect to a personal hotspot and share it with others for more iphone tips like this .

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