If you use a Chromebook, we recommend using Instant Tethering to link to your Android phone reliably. Connect your phone and device via Bluetooth. Open the Hotspot & tethering menu.

In the "Hotspot & tethering" menu, you'll find the USB tethering option. With that setting turned on, you can share your Android smartphone's mobile broadband with a connected device via a USB cable.

How to use Android's Instant Tethering feature You can forget using sketchy Wi-Fi networks with your Chromebook thanks to this handy Android feature.

Finally, the PDAnet Android application lets you tether Android using an app on the phone plus simple software you install on your computer.

With less than a week to go before Android 2.2 is unveiled, the list of new features continues to grow. The latest bit of information to arrive tells us that Froyo will have Wi-Fi mobile hots pots ...

If you’re using a computer that has Bluetooth functionality, you can connect your phone to your PC wirelessly using this option instead of the Enable USB Tether option discussed above.

The fastest way to connect your computer to the internet is with a USB tether. It’s also the only method that requires extra hardware — but it’s only your phone’s charging cable.