On your iPhone you can easily share a WiFi password with others. Even if that person has no iPhone.
Share WiFi password with iPhone and Android via a QR code
If friends want to use your WiFi at home you must give the password. The iPhone has an easy way for that, without having to type in the password by hand.
From iOS 11 you can use a function to easily share your WiFi password via your iPhone with other iPhones. For this, your friend or family member must be in your iPhone as a contact person (in the contacts app) and you must of course also be connected to your WiFi network.
If someone then has the screen where they have to fill in the WiFi password, you will see it on your iPhone and you can share the password with the push of a button.
That works great between iPhones. But if one of your friends has an Android device, this will not work. There is then another way that works. You can also make a QR code of your WiFi password and share it in this way. That works regardless of whether they have an iPhone or Android device. You do this in the following way.
Share WiFi password with a QR code on your iPhone
- Open the ‘passwords’ app on your iPhone;
- Tap the ‘WiFi’ button;
- In the list, tap the WiFi for which the password wants to share;
- Then choose ‘Toon QR code for network’.
Your iPhone then shows the QR code on the screen. The other person must then scan the QR code for the WiFi-watchword. Please note: if you share your password in this way, receiving person can later find out the password later in his or her password app.
Would you rather not do that? Then you have to share the password in the way at the top of this article. But that way of sharing password only works between two iPhones.
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