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spif91

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Oct 13, 2011
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Anyone know how to turn this feature off? Just started showing up under my WiFi connections with iOS 14.2 beta.
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It is showing because your phone can be used as a hotspot. Even though you may have hotspot returned off, your phone will still show up, as does your iPad on your iPhone.

There is nothing wrong with the picture posted. No one can connect to the hotspot unless you turn it on and tell people the random hotspot password iOS picked.
 
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Thnx. Just never noticed it before the Beta update yesterday. My iPad Pro isn’t showing up on my phone though is what has me wondering. Probably because my iPad is with AT&T with no hotspot plan and my phone service is with Cricket which has free hotspot. Thnx again.
 

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It will only show hotspot devices that you are logged into you with your Apple ID and that are nearby. Nothing to worry.
 
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