Say what a phone hotspot is
Get a laptop online through your phone when there is no Wi-Fi anywhere.
A hotspot turns your phone into a small Wi-Fi network, so a laptop beside it can use the phone’s cell signal.
Whatever it does then comes out of the phone’s data allowance.
Key points
- A hotspot turns your phone into a small Wi-Fi network for nearby devices
- Whatever they use comes out of the phone’s data allowance
What to remember
- Turn it off again when you are done.
- A hotspot spends the phone’s data allowance.
Try this
Find Personal Hotspot, or Hotspot and tethering, in your phone’s settings. Read the name without switching it on.
Practice: Say what a phone hotspot is. Your first lesson is free, with no account or card; the rest are part of a Lantern plan. Interactive lessons require JavaScript.