In this quick tutorial, we show you how to check the amount of cellular data each device has used when connected to your iPhone’s Personal Hotspot.
How to see per-device Personal Hotspot usage on iPhone
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How to allow Mac to auto-connect to your or family’s iPhone hotspot
macOS Tahoe 26 gets a handy feature that allows your MacBook or Mac desktop to automatically connect to your iPhone or cellular iPad’s Personal Hotspot when no known Wi-Fi is available. Additionally, Mac can also be configured to automatically join the Personal Hotspot of a family member’s iOS device.
How to increase your iPhone or Android phone’s Personal Hotspot speed
Check out these 12 tips to boost internet speeds on devices connected to your iPhone or Android phone’s Personal Hotspot.
iOS 18.2: iPhone Mirroring while sharing iPhone’s Personal Hotspot with a Mac
Apple's iOS 18.2 software permits you to use the iPhone Mirroring feature while sharing your iPhone's Personal Hotspot with a Mac.
How to find and remove devices connected to your iPhone Hotspot
Learn how to easily discover and remove devices connected to your iPhone hotspot to ensure your personal data and internet speed remain secure.
How to change the AirDrop and Personal Hotspot name on iPhone or iPad
Learn how to change the AirDrop and Personal Hotspot name of your iPhone or iPad so that it appears with the updated name on other devices.
Fix iPhone hotspot not working or disconnecting on Mac
Find out what to do if your Mac isn’t connecting to your iPhone’s Hotspot or keeps disconnecting after every few minutes.
Seize more control over your local network via your jailbroken iPhone with Harpy Reloaded
As capable of an internet communications device as the iPhone is, it seems like Apple doesn’t give users all that many options for Wi-Fi connectivity and network management.
Like most things Apple, the company instead took a user-friendly approach to reduce the number of interactions a user makes with configuration. This makes complicated things more approachable by the masses, but it can be annoying if you’re a power user that demands more capabilities.
Some malformed network names can break your iPhone’s Wi-Fi, requiring a factory reset to fix
An iPhone hotspot vulnerability that Apple hasn't fixed yet breaks your ability to connect to wireless networks, requiring a factory reset to restore Wi-Fi functionality.
iOS and iPadOS 15 keep your Wi-Fi hotspot connections more secure with WPA3 support
iPhone hotspot connections have become more secure and private thanks to built-in support for the improved WPA3 security protocol in the iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 updates.
When to use 2.4GHz or 5GHz Wi-Fi band for iPhone hotspot
Learn how to make your iPhone Personal Hotspot use the faster 5GHz band for better performance or the slower 2.4GHz one for compatibility with all (old) devices.
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.