Comment by gruez
10 hours ago
Does that actually work? I don't think you can both have hotspot on and be connected to another network.
10 hours ago
Does that actually work? I don't think you can both have hotspot on and be connected to another network.
Most newer (or at least new + expensive) phones can share their wifi connection via hotspot. 2.4gh only though I think.
Do you know what’s the technical term to search if a phone has that capability? Asking for an iPhone
My iPhone calls it personal hotspot.
Like WiFi tethering?
Not only new and expensive, my 5 year old budget phone could do it (a vivo).
Yes, it has actually worked starting with the Pixel 3.
It's called Dual-Band Simultaneous or "STA+AP" (Station + Access Point) concurrency that can bridge an existing wifi connection to an access point to other devices via a hotspot.
Yes it works. Now you can also tether via USB. Both of them have worked flawlessly for me recently.
It seems to be only on certain devices feature(?): on my Pixel it worked, Samsung phone just says "sorry, can't do that".
Works fine, yup.