All iPhone models from the iPhone 12 onward can use a faster 5GHz Wi-Fi band to boost hotspot tethering performance. But if your client devices encounter issues with the 5GHZ band, you can always set your Personal Hotspot to use a slower 2.4GHz Wi-Fi band. Follow along to learn how to switch between 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands for the iPhone hotspot tethering.
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The iPhone 12 series adds support for Personal Hotspot over faster 5GHz Wi-Fi connections
If you have one of the new iPhone 12 models, you'll be pleased to learn that your handset boosts the Internet performance of devices that are connected to its Personal Hotspot by using a faster 5GHz Wi-Fi connection (if available) for hotspot tethering.
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WiFi List lets iPhone users view previous Wi-Fi networks & their passwords
After you log into a Wi-Fi network on your iPhone, it will remember that network and connect to it automatically when in range. As you might come to expect, this means your handset keeps a database of previously used Wi-Fi networks. Unfortunately, Apple doesn’t allow users to access this information on their own devices out of the box.
If your iPhone is jailbroken, then you may be excited to learn that there’s a way around this frustrating quandary. A newly released and free jailbreak app dubbed WiFi List by iOS developer Itaybre consolidates all of your previously used Wi-Fi networks, their passwords, and more valuable information about them into one convenient place for future reference.
How to share your iPhone hotspot with family members
You might use the Personal Hotspot feature on your own device so that you have a data connection if you’re without internet. So it’s nice to know that you can do the same for your family, meaning they can share yours.
If you use Family Sharing, setting this up is simple, and your family members can join without the password. Here, we’ll show you how to share your Hotspot with your family members.
Eero mesh Wi-Fi routers are now available to purchase from Apple.com in 7 countries
Mesh Wi-Fi routers from Eero have landed on the online Apple store's virtual shelves.
This tweak adds useful widgets to your Settings app in iOS 13
Looking for a quick and exciting way to spice up your iPhone’s boring Settings app? If you like where this is going so far, then you’re probably going to enjoy a newly released and free jailbreak tweak dubbed SettingsWidgets by iOS developer shepgoba.
Just as the tweak’s name implies, SettingsWidgets brings a few useful widgets to the Settings app’s user interface, giving you a quick glance at some of your handset’s pertinent information, such as battery information, storage space usage, and Wi-Fi statistics, among other things.
Carriers fighting COVID-19 pandemic by pushing “Stay Home” messages when Wi-Fi is off
If you're seeing a "Stay Home" message in the iOS status bar where cellular network information is displayed as soon as you switch off Wi-Fi on your iPhone, you're not alone — that's one way carriers are reminding subscribers to stay home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
AirTag could charge wirelessly like Apple Watch, should be “completely waterproof”
Apple's upcoming Tile-like tracking accessory, tentatively named "AirTag", could feature wireless charging similar to your Apple Watch and be "completely waterproof".
iPhone 12 could connect to Wi-Fi networks at gigabit speeds thanks to 802.11ay support
The next iPhone to be released later this year may permit users to connect to wireless networks at gigabit speeds thanks to support for a new near field communication standard, known as IEEE 802.11ay, according to the fairly reliable Japanese blog Mac Otakara.
SmartNetwork helps you manage your iOS device’s network connections
Your iPhone and iPad are wireless communication devices that use either Wi-Fi or cellular connections to maintain a continuous flow of data to and from the device. But wouldn’t it be nice if Apple gave users more control over their handset’s network parameters?
Those looking to obtain more fine-grained control over their iPhone or iPad’s wireless networking may take a liking to a newly released jailbreak tweak called SmartNetwork by iOS developer Elias Sfeir. As the name implies, this tweak offers a suite of features that let you manage your handset’s connections more effectively.
WiFiQR lets you share your currently-connected Wi-Fi network with a QR code
Just last week, we showed you a jailbreak tweak that could generate a QR code for quickly and easily sharing your iPhone’s Personal Hotspot with another user, whether they were using iOS or another mobile operating system such as Android.
But now, a similar QR code-based jailbreak tweak called WiFiQR by iOS developer KingPuffDaddi has been released for sharing your currently-connected Wi-Fi network with others using comparable means to the tweak we showed you last week.