sincity Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Having held onto this minor convenience for too long, Google is officially opening up its Chrome OS Instant Tethering feature to more devices with version 71 of its Chrome OS operating system.Before Chrome OS 71, Instant Tethering allowed any Google-made Android phone to provide a nearby Google-made Chromebook with 3G or LTE internet access immediately once Wi-Fi signal was lost or the laptop was opened without an internet connection.Essentially, this eliminates the process of setting up a hotspot SSID on your phone, finding the Wi-Fi network the phone produces from your laptop and entering the credentials you set up.What is a Chromebook?Google Fuchsia: all about Google’s OS for all devicesThe best Android phones in the USNow, the feature is available on 15 more Chromebooks and 31 more Android phones from just about every major manufacturer of Google devices once Chrome OS 71 is installed. (See below every product that now supports Instant Tethering, thanks to 9to5Google.)This move is a long time coming since Google introduced it exclusively to its own devices in 2017, and news of the expansion leaked just last week. Google celebrated the expansion of the feature as part of its “Better Together” initiative aimed at improving the experience of owning both a Chromebook and an Android phone.With Windows 10 developers now constantly producing new tools with which users can connect and interact with a tethered Android phone, it makes sense for Google to finally expand the feature. Otherwise, Microsoft might catch up to Chromebooks in the budget space, and Google can’t have that.Here are all of the Chrome OS and Android devices that now support Instant Tethering:Chromebooks now with Instant TetheringAcer Chromebook 13Acer Chromebook 14Acer Chromebook 15Acer Chromebook R11Acer Chromebook Spin 13ASUS Chromebook C423ASUS Chromebook Flip C302Dell Inspiron Chromebook 14HP Chromebook 11 G5HP Chromebook x2HP Chromebook x360 14Lenovo Yoga Chromebook C630Samsung Chromebook 3Samsung Chromebook Plus V2Samsung Chromebook Plus V2 LTEAndroid phones now with Instant TetheringHTC U11HTC U11+HTC U12+Huawei Mate 10Huawei Mate 10 ProHuawei Mate 20Huawei Mate 20 ProHuawei Mate 20 XLG G7 ThinQLG V30LG V30+LG V30S ThinQLG V30S+ ThinQLG V35 ThinQLG V40 ThinQMotorola Moto ZMotorola Moto Z2 ForceMotorola Z3OnePlus 5OnePlus 5TOnePlus 6OnePlus 6TSamsung Galaxy S7Samsung Galaxy S7 ActiveSamsung Galaxy S7 EdgeSamsung Galaxy Note 8Samsung Galaxy S8Samsung Galaxy S8+Samsung Galaxy Note 9Samsung Galaxy S9Samsung Galaxy S9+http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/digital-home/~4/beL450xVowM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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