How To Use Personal Hotspot

Make sure you ve enabled cellular which is right above personal hotspot on the settings screen.

How to use personal hotspot. The simple presence of this option should indicate that you have personal hotspot on your phone but continue to the next step to be totally sure. 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. You can switch between 2 4ghz and 5ghz bands in the iphone s personal hotspot settings. Some options will appear. There are three ways to connect to your iphone and use its data connection.

Step 1 turn on your mobile hotspot. If you re using an android or iphone as a hotspot for your computer turn it on now step 2 click the icon. If you re not connected to a network right now you ll see an asterisk at the top left corner of this icon step 3 click the name of the hotspot. Touch personal hotspot in the root list. On your mac use the wi fi status menu in the menu bar to choose the name of the iphone or ipad providing your personal hotspot.

Scroll down and below cellular data or mobile data look for personal hotspot and tap on it. On the next screen you will find a list of devices and next to them information on how much mbs or gbs each of the device has consumed from your device. Open settings on your iphone 12 or later with ios 14 0 1 or later. First open the settings app and tap personal hotspot to access the personal hotspot settings. If you don t see the option for personal hotspot contact your carrier to make sure that you can use personal hotspot with your plan.

This opens a list of available wireless networks. Connect to personal hotspot with wi fi bluetooth or usb. Scroll down to the personal hotspot section. Open settings and then go to cellular or mobile data. Wi fi bluetooth and usb.

If the personal hotspot option is missing there are a few fixes you can try. It s in the taskbar near the clock which is usually at the bottom right corner of the screen. Slide the maximize compatibility toggle to the on position. On the settings screen tap personal hotspot. Tap the slider next to allow others to join.