Advertisements

Instant Tethering is an Android feature that lets you share your phone’s WiFi hotspot easily. According to the official documentation:

“You can automatically share a mobile data connection between certain Pixel and Nexus devices via Wi-Fi when they’re signed in to the same Google Account. For example, you can automatically connect your tablet to the Internet using your phone’s data connection”

In simple words, you use your Google password instead of your WiFi hotspot’s password. This feature seems to be making its way to Chrome OS too. On my Chromebook running the latest Canary channel of Chrome OS, I have the following flag:

Advertisements

Instant Tethering Chrome OS Enables Instant Tethering. Instant Tethering allows your nearby Google phone to share its Internet connection with this device. #enable-tether