How to Turn On Your iPhone’s Hotspot
Here’s how to set up a hotspot from your iPhone’s Settings. Add a password to make your hotspot more secure.
How to Connect to a Hotspot on Your iPad
Connecting your iPad to the hotspot is almost identical to connecting it to any other Wi-Fi network.
Pricing and Other Considerations
Pricing will depend on your service provider. AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, and Verizon all have packages that include using your smartphone as a hotspot. Most give you an allowance of hotspot bandwidth before either slowing the speed or stopping it altogether. The amount is usually enough unless you are doing a lot of video streaming, which will eat into it fairly quickly. Check with your service provider to get more details on hotspot fees and services. Using a hotspot is still using your cellular data. If you have a maximum data cap, streaming movies over the hotspot may not be a good idea. The average HD movie can take over 1 GB to stream, which can quickly burn through your data limit. Even unlimited plans usually cap the hotspot data, but this cap is usually higher. Check your wireless plan for all the details.
