Find and Share Wi-Fi Network Passwords

A neat feature built into iOS, iPadOS, and macOS is that your devices will offer to share the Wi-Fi password if others near you try to connect to a network your devices know. However, for this feature to work, they must be in your Contacts, have an Apple device, and at times, it doesn’t activate as quickly or reliably as you’d like.

Apple’s new Passwords app on the latest software for iPhone, iPad, or Mac provides a manual alternative that may work better, even with your Android friends or people not in your Contacts app. Tap the Wi-Fi collection to see all your remembered networks, select the desired network (your current network will be at the top). Tap the dots to reveal the password. Rather than read the code to your friend, especially if it has lots of complicated capitalization and symbols, you can tap Show Network QR Code. When they scan the QR code using their phone, they will instantly join the network.

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