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its port at any time.)
Third, if you’re in a Family Sharing
group, a new option appears in Settings →
Personal Hotspot: Family Sharing. Tap it and
you can allow anyone in your family group
to either automatically have access to the
Personal Hotspot or to tap to join and
require your permission each time to use.
The labeling in Settings for the top-
level Personal Hotspot shakes out like this:
Off: While the label read Off, it isn’t
actually “off,” but usually means that Allow
Others To Join is disabled. iCloud and
Family Sharing connections work.
However, if Airplane Mode or Cellular is
disabled, Off does mean Off!
On: Whenever any device has
connected to the Personal Hotspot, it’s
labeled On. The operating system turns
the status bar blue, too, to remind you that
it’s being used in this fashion.
And in the Control Center, two other
labels appear. Hold down on
the network card to reveal a
set of six network buttons,
including Personal Hotspot,
all of which have text labels
beneath them. Personal
Hotspot will read either:
Not Discoverable: If
Allow Others To Join is
disabled in Settings →
Personal Hotspot, this is
what you’ll see.
On and Discoverable: This appears if
that switch is turned on.
This may still seem like a confusing
overlap of states, but it’s surprisingly
somewhat better than in the previous
release. ■You can’t turn it off, but you can restrict Personal Hotspot to
your own use by disabling this switch.