These directions cover Android, iOS, Windows, and Mac devices.
How Do I Connect My Mobile Hotspot to My Laptop?
Here’s how:
Create the hotspot.
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In order for your laptop to find the hotspot, you first have to make it.
Select it when you see it.
On Windows, go for the Wi-Fi icon from the taskbar, then choose the hotspot and selectConnect.
A hotspot selected from a Windows 11 computer.
Connect to the hotspot.
Just throw in the password into the box on your laptop and then pressNextorJoin.
Why Is My Laptop Not Connecting to My Mobile Hotspot?
A hotspot selected from a Windows 11 computer.
Feel free to change the password if you have to.
Double-check any limitations that might be enabled; review the2.4 GHz/5 GHzsettings and others like the auto-off feature.
If you still can’t connect, considerusing USBorBluetooth tetheringinstead.
Hotspot password typed into a Windows 11 computer.
FAQ
In iOS, your hotspot will be the name of your phone.
To change it, go toSettings>General>About>Nameand throw in a new one.
The best you’re free to do isuse as little data as you canwhile it’s active.
