Windows 11 gets MacOS-like instant smartphone hotspot access - ZDNet

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Windows 11 present lets users link to their smartphone's hotspot without needing to interaction the phone's settings.

The caller diagnostic comes via the Phone Link (formerly Your Phone) app for connecting Windows 11 PCs with smartphones. It should travel successful useful erstwhile you're traveling and request to rapidly entree your smartphone's net connection.

If the telephone is wrong range, it appears successful the PC's database of disposable wi-fi networks. One click turns connected the phone's hotspot and the PC connects to it.

The caller Windows 11 diagnostic takes a leafage from the MacOS notification that offers a hotspot transportation to an iPhone.  

Phone Link has astir afloat supported Samsung devices, and this applies to the caller hotspot diagnostic too. 

For now, lone Samsung devices with Android 12 and supra (One UI 4.1.1+) are compatible, but Microsoft mostly broadens enactment for Phone Link features to different Android devices implicit time.

"No much remembering and typing passwords oregon searching for hotspot settings connected the phone. This provides an easier and faster mode to repeatedly link to your hotspot erstwhile you are connected the go," Microsoft said successful a blog post.

To usage the feature, the PC needs to beryllium connected Windows 11, mentation 22H2 Build 22621 oregon higher, and the Phone Link desktop app indispensable beryllium mentation v1.22082.111.0 oregon later. The Link To Windows telephone app -- which is preinstalled connected Samsung devices -- indispensable beryllium mentation v1.22082.142.0 oregon later.

Microsoft besides released the Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25231 to the Dev Channel. It contains a fewer insignificant changes and improvements. The physique includes the tablet-optimized taskbar and System Tray tweaks to modernize the experience. 

Improvements to the Settings app see fixing up the look of UWP app icons and making the font successful the wi-fi conception of Quick Settings consistent. Users should spot that web cameras are being added erstwhile selected nether Bluetooth & Devices > Cameras. 

Microsoft besides fixed a bug that caused apps similar Paint and Windows Terminal to clang erstwhile users effort to show a tooltip.