iPad Question is tethering from a iPhone to a iPad both on the same Apple ID over bluetooth or Wifi ?

[max2]

I can't tell or figure out. Thanks.

 

[rui no onna]

If you’re using iCloud or auto-join to connect, initial handshake is through bluetooth but the actual connection is via wi-fi.

 

[max2]

If you’re using iCloud or auto-join, initial handshake is through bluetooth but the actual connection is via wi-fi.

Thank you it makes sense now!

 

[chevyboy60013]

What about using it as a hot spot. Get the symbol that looks like a links of a chain

 

[dsusanj]

What about using it as a hot spot. Get the symbol that looks like a links of a chain

Tethering = hotspot

 

[curnalpanic]

Considering Bluetooth is painfully slow for transmitting more than a few bytes of data at a time, you can be sure it is using something else for the actual connection.

 

[dsusanj]

Considering Bluetooth is painfully slow for transmitting more than a few bytes of data at a time, you can be sure it is using something else for the actual connection.

It is easy to prove that the actual connection is via WiFi. If you try to switch WiFi off and then back on using the Control Centre, it will warn you that this will end all hotspot connections if these are currently active.

 

[rui no onna]

Considering Bluetooth is painfully slow for transmitting more than a few bytes of data at a time, you can be sure it is using something else for the actual connection.

Iirc, I used bluetooth for tethering to my iPhone 4 (lower battery usage) and I was pretty much getting the same speeds on the tethered device (~5 Mbps). It won’t stream 4K but it’s good enough for web browsing, 720p YouTube, music, etc.