How To Share Your Wi-Fi Password With A Friend On IPhone Or IPad

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How to Share Your Wi-Fi Password With a Friend on iPhone or iPadMonday October 8, 2018 4:33 PM PDT by Juli Clover

In the iOS operating system, there's a handy feature that's designed to let you quickly share your Wi-Fi password with a friend, and, if you're at a friend's house, to get the Wi-Fi password with just a tap.

playSubscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos.There are two prerequisites to use this feature: you must be running iOS 11 or later and you and your friend need to have each other listed as contacts in the Contacts app. Here's how it works:

1. When a friend is at your house, have them open up the Settings app.
2. Tap on Wi-Fi, and let the iPhone look for available networks.
3. Have your friend tap on the name of your Wi-fi network.

From there, you'll get a popup on your own iPhone that asks you if you want to share your password. Tap "Share Password" and your Wi-Fi password is automatically sent to your friend's iPhone and they're able to join your Wi-Fi network.

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Top Rated Comments

ipedro105 months ago

That's very simple. /s

It actually is. I went to a friend's house and asked him for his WiFi password. He didn't know because it's some complex alphanumeric pass that's printed on the back of his modem. So I selected his WiFi network and as I got up to go to the modem, he said: "Hey look!" and that notice popped up on his phone to share the WiFi password with me and with one tap, I was connected.Score: 11 Votes (Like | Disagree)Iconoclysm105 months ago

That's very simple. /s

Think of this in comparison to what you already do to join a new network. The EXACT same thing. It's extremely simple, the only thing more simple would be for it to automatically let you join, which is a little scary.Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)EElRojito105 months agoI’ll take features that never work for 100.Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)Ffoobarbaz105 months agoI have a QR code on my fridge. iOS 11 can scan those, too.Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)Jax44105 months agoI have used this twice already. Works fine.Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)jmh600cbr105 months agoMy favourite feature in ios 11 by farScore: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)Read All Comments

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