Samsung Galaxy: How to Share Wi-Fi as a Hotspot

Quick summary: Your Samsung Galaxy phone can share its Wi-Fi connection as a hotspot, not just your 4G or 5G data. That’s perfect for a hotel, plane or cruise where only one device can get online.

Step by step

1. Connect your phone to the Wi-Fi. (To prove it’s using Wi-Fi, I turned mobile data off. You don’t have to.)
2. Open Settings > Connections > Mobile Hotspot and Tethering and turn on Mobile Hotspot.
3. Tap Mobile Hotspot to open its settings, tap Band, then Advanced.
4. Scroll down and turn on Wi-Fi sharing. This shares your phone’s Wi-Fi connection in addition to mobile data. It stays on if Auto Hotspot is on.
5. Connect your other device: on the other phone, tablet or laptop, pick your phone’s hotspot network from the Wi-Fi list, type the password and connect.

Manage the hotspot

In Mobile Hotspot settings you can:

• see which devices are connected;
• change the network name and password;
• change the band. Choosing 5 GHz gives the fastest speeds. Tap Save.

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