Surely you have encountered this situation on more than one occasion: a relative or friend comes to your house and asks you for the password of your WiFi connection. Now, start dictating your entire password to that person. Also, these are usually endowed with many characters and some of them special. So that, We are going to explain how to share your WiFi password from the iPhone, iPad, etc..
From this tutorial we are going to teach you how to split the WiFi password of your home without the other person knowing the exact data. Likewise, it will not be the same to share with other computers in the Apple ecosystem, than with another computer such as Android or Windows. Therefore, we are going to offer you more than one option so that you are the one who chooses the alternative that best suits your needs.
How to share WiFi password from iPhone to another iPhone or iPad
This option is the easiest of all since Apple has taken care that its equipment can connect quickly and easily. Therefore, Android phones or tablets, as well as Windows computers will not be able to receive the WiFi password that you send them through this method.
That said, the first thing we must do is have both computers with the latest version of the operating system they use installed. Once this requirement is met, both computers must have the WiFi connection enabled and follow the steps below:
- The iPhone that you are sharing with another iPhone, iPad, or Mac must be connected to the WiFi network
- The receiving team must try to access the same WiFi network that the issuing equipment
- It will automatically appear a popup window on the sending computer which will ask if you want to share the password with that computer in question
- You just have to accept and send
Now, for this to be effective – and Apple has studied it well – that Apple ID with which you are going to share personal data is among your contacts. Otherwise, make sure to enter it before sharing because it won't work.
How to share WiFi password from iPhone to Android computer
The market is full of Android options, both in the smartphone sector and in the tablet sector. And therefore, that a guest at your house has one of these two options is very likely. However, the option that we have shown you in the previous point only works for devices from the Apple ecosystem. Therefore, we will have to resort to another method, that it is easy to use and that we always have it within our reach.
and maybe, the best option is to create a QR code, which when scanned through the camera of the other device, will receive our WiFi password from the iPhone. As you well know, the iPhone has many features, but it lacks a native QR code creator.
Now, do you know the native application of 'Shortcuts'? Well, we will use it for this need. And to facilitate your work, in this link ShortcutsGallery we leave you a ready-made shortcut to share your WiFi password by creating such code. You just have to access the link and download the shortcut –or shortcut–. Now follow these instructions because you have to modify it slightly. Although rather, you must indicate what is the password that must be shared.
- Access your 'Shortcuts' application
- Look through the options and you will see a shortcut called 'Share Wi-Fi'. Click on it on the small icon of two points and you will enter the shortcut settings
- You will see that the third option is called 'Text'. Delete the text that you will find in the box and replace it with your WiFi password
- To copy the key, go to Settings>WiFi>click on the connected WiFi network -and for which you want to share the password-, click on the 'password' option and after unlocking by Touch ID or Face ID, the password will appear and that's it you can copy
- Paste the copied key of the selected network in the previous shortcut and confirm at the top of the screen with 'OK'
- Done, you already have it configured. And now every time you click on this 'Shortcut' stored on your computer, a QR code will appear with which only by reading it with the other device, you will already have access to your home WiFi network
This step, as you will have well verified, It is used for all types of equipment with a camera that can read QR codes. That is, it is not only based on Android devices, but Windows devices that also have this feature will be able to benefit from this trick. To give you an example, a Microsoft Surface tablet can be a clear example.
Aspects to take into account when sharing the WiFi password from the iPhone
The first thing we want to tell you is that your password, as such, will not be exposed at any time. The receiving team You will receive the password but it will not be visible. This both in the first method – from an iPhone to another device in the Apple ecosystem – and if the QR code is used.
However, keep in mind that once you share the password, the receiving computer will store the one you shared among its passwords. Therefore, Unless the owner of the equipment wants to skip it, every time it arrives at your home, it will connect automatically. That is, there is no way to control this aspect.
The only option you have is change the password of your WiFi connection. In this way, all the computers that want to reconnect to your internet network will have to ask for the password again.
