In this article, we’ll show you how to share a Wi-Fi password. The whole process is fairly simple, at least on most Android smartphones. Do note that the procedure may differ from one brand to the other, as different Android UIs are used by companies.
Sharing a Wi-Fi password is easy, and we’ll show you how to do it
In this particular example, we’ll show you how to do it on ASUS’ ZenUI (based on Android 13), which is close to stock Android. We used the ZenFone 9 for this purpose, and at the time of writing this article, it was running Android 11.
The first thing you’ll need to do is navigate to your phone’s Settings to access the Wi-Fi menu. You can do that in several ways, but we’ll show the default one. Open up your app tray, in this case by swiping up on the home screen. Scroll down until you find the “Settings” icon. Tap it.
Once you do that, on most phone’s you’ll see the Wi-Fi option first at the top (in this case it says ‘Network & Internet’. Tap that menu / icon in order to get into Wi-Fi settings, from where we’ll do the rest of the work.
Now that we’re in the ‘Network & Internet’ menu, you need to tap the ‘Internet’ option. That is the first one at the top, usually.
You can choose to share any of the saved Wi-Fi passwords on your phone
Once you’re in the Wi-Fi/Internet menu, you can choose whether to share a password from a Wi-Fi you’re currently connected, or some other one you have saved. For this example, we’ll share a WiFi password of the network we’re currently connected to. Simply tap the ‘gear’ icon next to the name of the network you’d like to share you password of.
Once you do that, you’ll see a barcode towards the top of the screen. All you need to do is allow another person to scan it, and they’ll be automatically connected to your WiFi. It’s that easy. Do note that on some Android UIs, you may be asked to provide a PIN before this step. Or it can scan your finger, if you have that set up.