Every smartphone comes with an option to share your internet connection. This means that you can setup your phone as a wireless router. This helps a lot for those who are always on the go and need to connect their laptop or tablet to the internet. Tethering works when your phone is connected to the Internet via mobile data or Wi-Fi network. Also, do not miss our “Recommended Smartphones” list that contains best smartphones for every budget.
- Go to settings.
- Tap on Connection & Sharing.
- Tap on Portable hotspot.
- Tap on Set up portable hotspot.
- Set hotspot password.
- Set security to WPA2-Personal.
- Set AP band. If you phone and other devices support 5GHz band, you can set this band.
- Set name for hotspot in SSID.
- Go back one page.
- Tap on One-time data limit.
- Set the limit as per your need.
- Tap on When exceeded, select ‘Only notify’ or ‘Turn off and notify’.
- Enable ‘Turn off hotspot automatically‘ so that when no device is connected for some time, hotspot turns off on its own, saving battery life.
- Once this setup is done, you can enable Hotspot from quick toggles in Android notification panel.
