How to Use Your Smartphone as a Hot Spot

If you are out somewhere and find there’s no Wi-Fi connection for your laptop or you don’t want to run the risk of using a public Wi-Fi network, you can always press your phone into service as a Wi-Fi hot spot. Web browsing should not be a problem, but if you want to stream video to your laptop using your phone as a Wi-Fi hot spot, for example, you may run into restrictions. When your phone acts as a hot spot, it works just like a mini router and appears as a regular Wi-Fi network option, so it’s vital to set a password, or anyone can connect and use your data. How to Set Up Your iPhone to Be a Wi-Fi Hot Spot iOS via Simon Hill It’s a cinch to set up tethering on your iPhone.