Sharing your WiFi password quickly is very easy if you have an iPhone. With this handy feature, you no longer have to give up your WiFi password to admit someone to your network. In this tip, we’ll show you how it works.
This way you can share your WiFi password
Everyone knows the situation: you have friends or family over who want to use your WiFi network. Actually, you would rather not reveal the password, but you don’t mind if your friends use your internet connection.
Fortunately, you can easily solve this situation with your iPhone. From iOS 11 you can of course use this function. To do this, you must have your friends as a contact in your iPhone (in the Contacts app) and also be connected to your WiFi. 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;
- After that, tap on ‘Done’. Your friend’s iPhone then connects to your Wi-Fi network.
What’s good to remember is that the steps above also work with a Mac. To do this, you must have your contacts synchronized with iCloud, so that your Mac also has them on board. In addition, your computer must be running macOS High Sierra or higher.
After sending your password in this way, don’t worry. Someone who receives your WiFi 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.
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