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Lead Regional Educational Technology Coordinator | Northern Illinois, Learning Technology Center In a remote learning situation, many students may not have a reliable internet connection at their home to complete their school work, and many of these students may turn to using their smartphone, or parent’s smartphone, as a hotspot. The hotspot feature allows the smartphone to broadcast a wireless signal that the Chromebook or other wifi capable device can connect to. When the device is connected to the hotspot, the student will be able to access the internet. How do you enable the hotspot on both Android and iPhones and then connect a Chromebook? These short videos below will assist in demonstrating how this is done. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to reach out to us for support! How to Enable Your Android HotspotConnect to a Hotspot on ChromebookEnable an iPhone Hotspot and Connecting to a Chromebook
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LTC Staff Statewide Team, Learning Technology Center Chromebooks and your Android Smartphone really go together. When you’re out in a cafe, restaurant, airport or wherever you can’t easily connect to WiFi internet, you can still connect your Chromebook to the internet. If you have a mobile data plan through your mobile network provider, you can share some of that data with your Chromebook while on the go. Your Chromebook can connect to the internet through your smartphone’s hotspot. Traditionally, you manually create a mobile hotspot on your Android phone, and then connect your devices to it including your Chromebook. This means selecting the hotspot SSID and manually entering hotspot WiFi passwords. However, you can let Chrome OS do it for you automatically. Advertisement - Continue reading below This is achieved through Phone Hub and instant tethering feature. Phone hub is a little tray on the bottom right corner of your Chromebook with quick shorts to control your phone. You can quickly turn on mobile hotspot, mute notifications and locate your Phone. But the real magic starts from the Settings under connected devices. This is where you can link your android smartphone with your Chromebook if you haven’t already. Before you link your Android smartphone, make sure that you’re signed in to your Chromebook with the same Google account as your Android smartphone. Then ensure that you have Bluetooth enabled on your smartphone. With that done, open Settings > Connected devices. Then select Set up button to the right of Android phone section. Your Android smartphone that’s connected to the same Google Account as your Chromebook will be detected. If they are more than one, select the right device from a dropdown menu. Accept and continue. You’ll be prompted to enter your Google account password and that will be all. Now go back to Settings > Connected devices. You should see your newly linked Android smartphone. Click on it and tweak how you wish you interact with your phone from your Chromebook. Advertisement - Continue reading below Since we are specifically looking at how to easily connect your Chromebook to the internet without WiFi, then the first thing you should enable here is Instant Tethering. Now, not all Chromebooks support this feature. Check here to ensure that your device is not among those that don’t support Instant Tethering. Click on the caret Icon inside Instant Tethering to start sharing mobile internet connect from your Android phone with your Chromebook. Simply switch on mobile data, tap on your smartphone and Chromebook will attempt to turn on mobile hotspot on your phone. If successful, you’ll see “connected” next to your phone name. You can also enable mobile hotspot on your phone through Phone Hub tray on the bottom right corner of your Chromebook. To do that, click on the phone icon next to the system info panel. Now click on Enable hotspot. If successful, you should see “Connected” message. On your phone, you’ll receive a notification similar to “Sharing data connection, providing internet to other devices”. When you access the system tray, you’ll see your smartphone mobile connection in the same spot where you normally see connected WiFi network. A hotspot is automatically created on your Smartphone along with an SSID or WiFi name similar to something like “Instant Tethering xxx”. Tapping on the notification on your phone directs you the Personal hotspot screen where you can actually view or change the auto-generated hotspot name and password. You can of course use the same credentials to connect your other devices to the internet through your phone’s hotspot. You can also watch our video tutorial on how to connect your Android Phone to your Chromebook and share internet.
Alright, that’s how you can easily connect your Chromebook to the internet via your Android Smartphone’s mobile network. It might not work the first time you try do it, so I suggest that you;
PS: I actually had a power outage while writing this post on my Chromebook. So my WiFi router and internet from my ISP went off. So I had to finish this very article by doing exactly what I have written here. True story!! Advertisement - Continue reading below Why won't my Chromebook connect to my mobile hotspot?Make sure your Chromebook can connect to mobile networks, and that your connection is on. Restart your Chromebook. Check that your SIM is activated. If you're still having problems, contact your carrier.
Can Chromebooks have hotspots?According to a report by 9to5Google, just like Android and iOS devices, the latest update for Chromebooks equipped with mobile data connectivity will also allow them to serve as a Wi-Fi hotspot for other devices.
Can I connect my Chromebook to my iPhone hotspot?On your Chromebook, go to Settings > Network then select your iPhone from the list of Known networks. Enter the password for the Hotspot and click Connect. You should now be able to use the mobile data from your iPhone on your Chromebook.
How do I connect my Chromebook to my phone?Connect your phone anytime. At the bottom right, select the time.. Select Settings .. Under "Connected devices," next to "Android phone," select Set up.. Enter your password and follow the steps. ... . On your Chromebook, under "Enabled," select which features you want to turn on.. |