Aside from the big new features, watchOS 5 brings a handy option in the Settings menu that permits customers to manually connect their Apple Watch to nearby Wi-Fi networks.
watchOS 5 brings the ability to join a Wi-Fi network on your Apple Watch
Wi-Fi
Supplies of AirPort wireless routers are already dwindling across the globe
Are you in the market for an AirPort wireless appliance? If so, you better act fast because supplies of Apple's excellent wireless routers are already dwindling on Apple Online Stores across the globe and the company has no plans to make new ones again.
New Wi-Fi certification program will make interoperable mesh networks a reality
Being chained to a single-vendor wireless mesh network is annoying so wouldn't it be great if you could extend your Wi-Fi network by adding additional routers made by different vendors?
Apple offers tips on choosing Wi-Fi routers
Apple yesterday published a support document with tips for choosing Wi-Fi routers.
Apple is officially discontinuing its AirPort and Time Capsule base stations
The longstanding rumors of Apple exiting the Wi-Fi router market were true after all.
AirPort Express no longer appearing as an AirPlay 2 target on the latest iOS 11.4 beta
Looks like AirPort Express may not be getting a suspected AirPlay 2 upgrade after all.
AirPort Express will apparently gain AirPlay 2 speaker support
Developers and public beta testers who installed the iOS 11.4 beta are noticing that Apple's AirPort Express wireless base station is showing up in the Home app as AirPlay 2 speakers.
RealCC improves Control Center’s Bluetooth and Wi-Fi toggles
Control Center’s Bluetooth and Wi-Fi toggles don’t entirely disable their corresponding wireless radios on iOS 11, but instead limit their capabilities such that system processes like AirDrop and Instant Hotspot, among others, continue working.
If you wish that iOS 11’s Control Center-based Bluetooth and Wi-Fi toggles worked as you’d expect them to, then you might be interested in a new free jailbreak tweak called RealCC by iOS developer Jake James.
How to quickly join a Wi-Fi network using your iPhone Camera app
Learn how to quickly connect to a Wi-Fi network by scanning a QR code with an iPhone's camera without having to type long, complicated passwords.
BoostedWifi augments your iPhone’s Wi-Fi capabilities
If you’d like to beef up the Wi-Fi capabilities of your jailbroken iPhone or iPad, then you might take interest in a new free jailbreak tweak called BoostedWifi by iOS developer KingPuffdaddi.
BoostedWifi augments your device’s Wi-Fi capabilities by removing the signal limit levied by Apple and displaying detailed signal levels for every network.
How to easily share access to your Wi-Fi network without revealing the password
This tutorial will show you how you can easily let anyone connect to your Wi-Fi network with a single tap on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac – all without having to speak the password.
Apple comments on AirPort’s future
As Apple started selling the first third-party Wi-Fi router in the form of Linksys' Velop, its spokesperson provided a comment regarding the future of its own AirPort line of appliances.