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Google added Wi-Fi hotspot functionality to Android way, way back in the days of Froyo, but it took carriers several years to come to terms with it. Now, you can share your LTE connection with a few restrictions on most devices and carriers. The Pixel 3 and 3 XL do something new with hotspot mode. You can enable the Wi-Fi hotspot while you're connected to Wi-Fi, allowing your phone to share that connection with other devices.

The Pixel 3 and 3 XL support Wi-Fi sharing to other devices was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

With all the recent issues cropping up on the Pixel 3 and 3 XL, it's probably about time for some good news, right? As it turns out, the Pixel 3 on AT&T has access to network features most other unlocked phones don't — including Wi-Fi calling, HD voice, and creating a hotspot.

Last year's Pixel 2 and 2 XL allowed creating a hotspot on AT&T, but only after a software update.

Pixel 3 supports Wi-Fi calling, hotspot, and HD voice on AT&T was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

Android P will come packing so many new features that it’s hard to keep up with what’s changed. One helpful function that slipped under our radar is the ability to have Wi-Fi hotspot turned off automatically when no devices are connected.

I don’t know about you, but I’m always forgetting to disable my hotspot after using it. It often stays on for days or weeks before I realize that it’s still active.

Android P can turn off Wi-Fi hotspot automatically if no devices are connected was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

Here we see the wild NETGEAR Nighthawk router in its natural habitat - the beautiful forests of the northwestern Untied States. He's a massive beast, towering over the other woodland animals, but he's a gentle giant. You can see him hunting for fish in the local river - truly one of the most majestic inhabitants of the forest.

Oh wait, that's not a real picture? Wow AT&T, way to be deceitful with the product pictures.

AT&T announces its first '5G Evolution' mobile hotspot, goes on sale October 27 was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

Busy beavers everywhere now have another way to get work done while they travel. Skyroam has just announced its newest product, the Solis. It's a diminutive orange puck that packs the one-two punch of both LTE-powered Wi-Fi and a 6,000mAh battery. Service is even provided without a contract via fixed-price day passes. You can pick one up for yourself as of today for just $149.99 at Fry's Electronics.

Globe-trotters can get unlimited connectivity in over 100 countries.

Skyroam's new Solis packs a global LTE hotspot and an external battery in one small package was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

• Update 1: 2017/08/03 6:14pm PDT
  The wait is over for those who need to use their phone as a hotspot for Chromecast-powered content consumption. The Play Services 11.5.03 beta allegedly fixes this issue. If you

Around the world, a lot of people rely on their mobile devices as their only point of access to the internet and don't have a WiFi connection or router at home. For many of those people, using a Chromecast would have been impossible if it weren't for one small logical workaround: creating a hotspot with their phone that the Chromecast can connect to.

[Update: Fixed in a recent beta] Latest Google Play Services seems to have broken casting using Android hotspot for WiFi was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

• Update 1: 2017/08/03 6:14pm PDT
  The wait is over for those who need to use their phone as a hotspot for Chromecast-powered content consumption. The Play Services 11.5.03 beta allegedly fixes this issue. If you

Around the world, a lot of people rely on their mobile devices as their only point of access to the internet and don't have a WiFi connection or router at home. For many of those people, using a Chromecast would have been impossible if it weren't for one small logical workaround: creating a hotspot with their phone that the Chromecast can connect to.

[Update: Fixed in a recent beta] Latest Google Play Services seems to have broken casting using Android hotspot for WiFi was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

If Sprint is your carrier of choice, you just got three new CDMA-compatible devices to choose from. As of yesterday Sprint now has the ZTE MAX XL, a big but inexpensive phone with a big battery. It isn't new, though it did come out this April. But, it is new to the carrier. There's also the ZTE Warp Connect if a hotspot is more to your liking. Lastly, we have one of the most interesting Android devices in recent memory, the Sprint Phone Connect 4, which gives you a landline over a cellular connection.

Sprint just got three new ZTE devices: the ZTE MAX XL, ZTE Warp Connect, and Sprint Phone Connect 4 was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

Around the world, a lot of people rely on their mobile devices as their only point of access to the internet and don't have a WiFi connection or router at home. For many of those people, using a Chromecast would have been impossible if it weren't for one small logical workaround: creating a hotspot with their phone that the Chromecast can connect to. Unfortunately, that workaround is no longer, uhm, working right now and it sounds like the latest Google Play Services is to blame.

Latest Google Play Services seems to have broken casting using Android hotspot for WiFi was written by the awesome team at Android Police.