Google Pixel 3a XL
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Using your phone as Wi-Fi hotspot
When you use your phone as a Wi-Fi hotspot, you can share your phone's internet connection with other devices via Wi-Fi. To use your phone as a Wi-Fi hotspot, you need to set up your phone for internet.
![Slide two fingers downwards starting from the top of the screen. Slide two fingers downwards starting from the top of the screen.](http://wmstatic.global.ssl.fastly.net/ml/020724-f-4ea2d625-fd94-4805-aee0-2a446685576d.png?width=232&height=464)
![Slide two fingers downwards starting from the top of the screen. Slide two fingers downwards starting from the top of the screen.](http://wmstatic.global.ssl.fastly.net/ml/020724-f-4ea2d625-fd94-4805-aee0-2a446685576d.png?width=344&height=688)
Slide two fingers downwards starting from the top of the screen.
![Press the settings icon. Press the settings icon.](http://wmstatic.global.ssl.fastly.net/ml/020724-f-8c8905d0-6b28-407c-91d9-9f99c8550413.png?width=232&height=464)
![Press the settings icon. Press the settings icon.](http://wmstatic.global.ssl.fastly.net/ml/020724-f-8c8905d0-6b28-407c-91d9-9f99c8550413.png?width=344&height=688)
Press the settings icon.
![Press Network and Internet. Press Network and Internet.](http://wmstatic.global.ssl.fastly.net/ml/020724-f-94456eb6-c566-4cb2-b226-b0d9ba800834.png?width=232&height=464)
![Press Network and Internet. Press Network and Internet.](http://wmstatic.global.ssl.fastly.net/ml/020724-f-94456eb6-c566-4cb2-b226-b0d9ba800834.png?width=344&height=688)
Press Network and Internet.
![Press Hotspot and tethering. Press Hotspot and tethering.](http://wmstatic.global.ssl.fastly.net/ml/020724-f-2f0faa3a-6273-4788-ae4f-fec1f0bcb1d8.png?width=232&height=464)
![Press Hotspot and tethering. Press Hotspot and tethering.](http://wmstatic.global.ssl.fastly.net/ml/020724-f-2f0faa3a-6273-4788-ae4f-fec1f0bcb1d8.png?width=344&height=688)
Press Hotspot and tethering.
![Press Wi-Fi hotspot. Press Wi-Fi hotspot.](http://wmstatic.global.ssl.fastly.net/ml/020724-f-d647032a-fb6e-49e7-bc98-c57076d4c1fb.png?width=232&height=464)
![Press Wi-Fi hotspot. Press Wi-Fi hotspot.](http://wmstatic.global.ssl.fastly.net/ml/020724-f-d647032a-fb6e-49e7-bc98-c57076d4c1fb.png?width=344&height=688)
Press Wi-Fi hotspot.
![Press Hotspot name. Press Hotspot name.](http://wmstatic.global.ssl.fastly.net/ml/020724-f-77675e97-3dcb-4d92-8aba-1c29c44f9dd7.png?width=232&height=464)
![Press Hotspot name. Press Hotspot name.](http://wmstatic.global.ssl.fastly.net/ml/020724-f-77675e97-3dcb-4d92-8aba-1c29c44f9dd7.png?width=344&height=688)
Press Hotspot name.
![Key in the required Wi-Fi hotspot name and press OK. Key in the required Wi-Fi hotspot name and press OK.](http://wmstatic.global.ssl.fastly.net/ml/020724-f-397d5019-382c-4171-918b-e9f521cee8b8.png?width=232&height=464)
![Key in the required Wi-Fi hotspot name and press OK. Key in the required Wi-Fi hotspot name and press OK.](http://wmstatic.global.ssl.fastly.net/ml/020724-f-397d5019-382c-4171-918b-e9f521cee8b8.png?width=344&height=688)
Key in the required Wi-Fi hotspot name and press OK.
![Press Security. Press Security.](http://wmstatic.global.ssl.fastly.net/ml/020724-f-77675e97-3dcb-4d92-8aba-1c29c44f9dd7.png?width=232&height=464)
![Press Security. Press Security.](http://wmstatic.global.ssl.fastly.net/ml/020724-f-77675e97-3dcb-4d92-8aba-1c29c44f9dd7.png?width=344&height=688)
Press Security.
![Press WPA2-Personal to password protect your Wi-Fi hotspot. Press WPA2-Personal to password protect your Wi-Fi hotspot.](http://wmstatic.global.ssl.fastly.net/ml/020724-f-5409b4bd-d44b-4b3a-8721-42d1486f02ae.png?width=232&height=464)
![Press WPA2-Personal to password protect your Wi-Fi hotspot. Press WPA2-Personal to password protect your Wi-Fi hotspot.](http://wmstatic.global.ssl.fastly.net/ml/020724-f-5409b4bd-d44b-4b3a-8721-42d1486f02ae.png?width=344&height=688)
Press WPA2-Personal to password protect your Wi-Fi hotspot.
![Press Hotspot password and key in the required password. Press Hotspot password and key in the required password.](http://wmstatic.global.ssl.fastly.net/ml/020724-f-77675e97-3dcb-4d92-8aba-1c29c44f9dd7.png?width=232&height=464)
![Press Hotspot password and key in the required password. Press Hotspot password and key in the required password.](http://wmstatic.global.ssl.fastly.net/ml/020724-f-77675e97-3dcb-4d92-8aba-1c29c44f9dd7.png?width=344&height=688)
Press Hotspot password and key in the required password.
![Press OK. Press OK.](http://wmstatic.global.ssl.fastly.net/ml/020724-f-b0f7e9c7-0d7d-4458-a77e-b84bc5bf02f8.png?width=232&height=464)
![Press OK. Press OK.](http://wmstatic.global.ssl.fastly.net/ml/020724-f-b0f7e9c7-0d7d-4458-a77e-b84bc5bf02f8.png?width=344&height=688)
Press OK.
![Press the indicator to turn on the function. Press the indicator to turn on the function.](http://wmstatic.global.ssl.fastly.net/ml/020724-f-77675e97-3dcb-4d92-8aba-1c29c44f9dd7.png?width=232&height=464)
![Press the indicator to turn on the function. Press the indicator to turn on the function.](http://wmstatic.global.ssl.fastly.net/ml/020724-f-77675e97-3dcb-4d92-8aba-1c29c44f9dd7.png?width=344&height=688)
Press the indicator to turn on the function.
![Press the Home key to return to the home screen. Press the Home key to return to the home screen.](http://wmstatic.global.ssl.fastly.net/ml/020724-f-42246bbf-ac27-4741-a04c-334f462eb3a1.png?width=232&height=464)
![Press the Home key to return to the home screen. Press the Home key to return to the home screen.](http://wmstatic.global.ssl.fastly.net/ml/020724-f-42246bbf-ac27-4741-a04c-334f462eb3a1.png?width=344&height=688)
Press the Home key to return to the home screen.
![Google Pixel 3a XL Google Pixel 3a XL](http://wmstatic.global.ssl.fastly.net/ml/020724-f-89dfceb4-bf53-48f0-8387-a9410601ed08.png?width=520&height=540)
![Google Pixel 3a XL Google Pixel 3a XL](http://wmstatic.global.ssl.fastly.net/ml/020724-f-89dfceb4-bf53-48f0-8387-a9410601ed08.png?width=540&height=800)
Turn on Wi-Fi on the other device.
![Google Pixel 3a XL Google Pixel 3a XL](http://wmstatic.global.ssl.fastly.net/ml/020724-f-89dfceb4-bf53-48f0-8387-a9410601ed08.png?width=520&height=540)
![Google Pixel 3a XL Google Pixel 3a XL](http://wmstatic.global.ssl.fastly.net/ml/020724-f-89dfceb4-bf53-48f0-8387-a9410601ed08.png?width=540&height=800)
Find the list of available Wi-Fi networks and select your own Wi-Fi hotspot.
![Google Pixel 3a XL Google Pixel 3a XL](http://wmstatic.global.ssl.fastly.net/ml/020724-f-89dfceb4-bf53-48f0-8387-a9410601ed08.png?width=520&height=540)
![Google Pixel 3a XL Google Pixel 3a XL](http://wmstatic.global.ssl.fastly.net/ml/020724-f-89dfceb4-bf53-48f0-8387-a9410601ed08.png?width=540&height=800)
Key in the password for your Wi-Fi hotspot and establish the connection.
![Google Pixel 3a XL Google Pixel 3a XL](http://wmstatic.global.ssl.fastly.net/ml/020724-f-89dfceb4-bf53-48f0-8387-a9410601ed08.png?width=520&height=540)
![Google Pixel 3a XL Google Pixel 3a XL](http://wmstatic.global.ssl.fastly.net/ml/020724-f-89dfceb4-bf53-48f0-8387-a9410601ed08.png?width=540&height=800)
When the connection is established, you can access the internet from the other device.