Use Instant Hotspot to connect to your Personal Hotspot without entering a password

With Instant Hotspot, you can connect your Apple device to the Personal Hotspot on your iPhone or iPad (Wi-Fi + Cellular) without entering its Wi-Fi password.

What you need to use Instant Hotspot

  • An iPhone or iPad (Wi-Fi + Cellular) with an activated carrier plan that is providing Personal Hotspot service. To turn Personal Hotspot on or off or view its Wi-Fi password, go to Settings > Personal Hotspot.

  • An iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, or Apple Vision Pro that meets the system requirements for Instant Hotspot.

  • The device providing the Personal Hotspot and the device connecting to the Personal Hotspot must be near each other and set up as follows:

How to use Instant Hotspot

Connecting to your Personal Hotspot is just like connecting to any other Wi-Fi network. But with Instant Hotspot, you aren't asked to provide the Wi-Fi password of the Personal Hotspot.

  • On Mac, click Wi-FiWi-Fi in Control CenterControl Center or the menu bar, then choose the name of the iPhone or iPad providing your Personal HotspotPersonal Hotspot.

  • On iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Apple Vision Pro, go to Settings > Wi-Fi, then tap the name of the iPhone or iPad providing your Personal HotspotPersonal Hotspot.

When connected to your Personal Hotspot, the Wi-Fi status iconWi-Fi status icon on your device changes to the Personal Hotspot iconPersonal Hotspot icon.

Personal Hotspot icon in macOS and iOS after connecting

If you can't connect to your Personal Hotspot

If Personal Hotspot is not working on your iPhone or iPad (Wi-Fi + Cellular)

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