How to Share your WiFi Password from your iPhone

Manually, you could choose to copy down a WiFi password and then share it with your friends and family. However, that gives double work vibes and it limits privacy. In the prospects of IOS 15 and IOS 16, iPhone users can now just share their Wifi password with other Apple devices swiftly with one single tap. Cool, Right! Now bid farewell to cramming long complicated WiFi passwords, for this guide will detail a step-by-step procedure on how to share your WiFi password.

Before you think of Sharing your WiFi Password on your iPhone;

1. Firstly, ensure that both devices are running on the latest version of IOS or iPadOS or macOS High Sierra or later.
2. Next, establish that you are signed in to iCloud with your Apple ID and that the Apple ID email address is saved in the other person’s Contacts. Also, verify that the recipient’s email address is saved in your Contacts as well.
3. Toggle on WiFi and Bluetooth connections on both devices.
4. At all costs ensure that the personal hotspot is turned off for any of the devices.
5. For the process to be successful, you will have to keep the recipient’s device within Bluetooth and Wi-Fi range.

Now that you have established whatever could get along the way to a successful WiFi password-sharing process, let us get to know the step-by-step guide on how to share your WiFi password from your iPhone.

Step 1: Ensure that the device you want to use to share the WiFi password is unlocked and successfully connected to the same Wi-Fi network (the WiFi network whose password you want to share). Also, make sure the device you want to share the password with is in close proximity to your iPhone.

Step 2: On the recipient device, select the Wi-Fi network that you want to connect to.

Step 3: Once you have selected the WiFi network on the recipient device, a pop-up notification prompting you to agree to share your WiFi password will appear on the host device. Go ahead and tap Share Password, then tap Done on the next popup confirming a successful connection. The password will be shared automatically and the recipient device will be connected to the WiFi network immediately. That’s it! kudos.

Why I Can’t Share my WiFi Password on my iPhone?

If you followed the listed guide above and still can’t share your Wi-Fi password, follow these steps, testing after each step:

1. Has the setup animation failed to pop up? Just restart both devices and try again.
2. Update your devices to the latest IOS.
3. Establish that you are signed in to iCloud with your Apple ID and that the Apple ID email address is saved in the other person’s Contacts. Also, verify that the recipient’s email address is saved in your Contacts as well.
4. Make sure that the recipient’s device is within Bluetooth and Wi-Fi range of the host device.

Wrap-up: If all the troubleshooting hustle has been dulled up in vain, have the other person enter the password manually.