Your Android phone has a special feature that transforms it into a portable router, one that is surprisingly easy to use whenever you need it.

Anyone planning to buy an internet tablet has to ask one question. It’s not whether to choose a iPad or Android, and it’s not whether you want a 7 inch or 10 inch screen. It’s this: 3G or ...

WiFi Tether is an app for rooted Android phones that lets you use your phone as a wireless hotspot. This allows users to bypass carriers’ built-in Wi-Fi hotspot software, which is especially ...

Most recent Android smartphones have a built-in tethering feature that allows you to share your phone’s internet connection with a laptop, tablet, or other devices (although not all wireless ...

Only one in ten (9%) tablet owners currently tether their tablet to their smartphone Nearly one in four (23%) people intending to get a tablet plan to tether to their phone Android tablet owners ...

Sharing your phone’s data connection with an Android tablet just got way simpler.

When Google launched the Pixelbook, its flagship Chromebook, the company rolled out a featured called Instant Tether. With an Android device linked to the laptop, Chrome OS would use the phone's ...

So if you happen to have an Android tablet that loses internet, it can ask if you want to go online with your phone’s internet connection. The request for a hotspot goes over Bluetooth, apparently.

Hotspot not working at the coffee shop? No free Wi-Fi at the airport? Let your Android phone come to the rescue: $25 app Tether lets your laptop tap your phone's wireless data goodness.

There are three ways to tether your Android handset and get sweet internet love even where there's no Wi-Fi in sight: the risky-but-free rooting method, the still-geeky-but-not-as-bad free route ...