Share a Wi-Fi password with your iPhone super fast (video)
Quickly sharing your Wi-Fi password is very easy if you have an iPhone. With this handy feature, you don’t have to look up your Wi-Fi password to allow someone on your network. In this tip we show you how it works.
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Here’s how you can share your WiFi password
Everyone knows the situation: you have friends or family over who want to use your WiFi network. You don’t know your password by heart and don’t feel like searching. Or you don’t want to reveal the password, but you don’t mind if your friends use your internet connection.
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Fortunately, you can easily solve this situation with your iPhone. From iOS 11 you can use a function to easily share your WiFi password via your iPhone. For this you must have your friends as a contact in your iPhone (in the Contacts app) and be connected to your WiFi yourself. Follow the steps below to let your friends connect without a password.
- Have your friend connect to your Wi-Fi so that the password screen appears;
- Then unlock your iPhone (or Mac) and choose ‘Share password’ in the screen that appears;
- Then tap on ‘Done’. Your friend’s iPhone then connects to your Wi-Fi network.
It’s good to remember that the above steps also work with a Mac. For this you must have synchronized your contacts with iCloud, so that your Mac also has them on board. In addition, your computer must be running macOS High Sierra or higher. This way you can easily share the WiFi password with your Mac.
After sending your Wi-Fi password through your iPhone or Mac in this way, you don’t have to worry. Someone who receives your Wi-Fi password in this way cannot see it on his or her iPhone. Even via the iCloud Keychain, your password will not be visible if you choose the option to make passwords visible.
Watch the video below to see how you can share your WiFi password super fast:
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