How to Share Your Home Wi-Fi Password with iPhone and Android Devices
Share your Wi-Fi password with a guest's iPhone or Android phone without having to type it out or look it up — your phone can send it automatically.
Share to another iPhone automatically (easiest method)
~30sQuick Tip
This automatic sharing only works if you have the guest saved as a contact in your phone, both phones have Bluetooth and Wi-Fi turned on, and both are running iOS 11 or later.
Share via QR code on Android
~23sView your Wi-Fi password on iPhone (to share manually)
~18sView your Wi-Fi password on Android (to share manually)
~26sWarning
Your Wi-Fi password unlocks access to your entire home network. Only share it with people you trust, and avoid reading it aloud in a public place.
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When a friend or family member visits and needs to connect to your Wi-Fi, you no longer have to dig up a long complicated password and read it out letter by letter. Both iPhones and Android phones have built-in ways to share a Wi-Fi password with a tap or a scan.
The easiest method for iPhone users: if you and your guest both have iPhones and each other saved as contacts, iOS will offer to share the password automatically when your guest tries to join your network. A small prompt appears on your phone asking if you want to share the password — tap Share Password and the guest's phone connects without either of you typing anything.
For Android phones, the built-in option is to generate a QR code (a square barcode) from your Wi-Fi settings. Your guest scans the QR code with their phone's camera and connects instantly — no password typing required.
You can also find your saved Wi-Fi password on both iPhones and Android phones to share it manually if needed. On iPhone (iOS 16 and later), you can view the password directly in Settings. On Android 10 and later, the QR code method is the primary way to share.
These methods work for your home network and any Wi-Fi network your phone has already joined and saved. You cannot share a password for a network you have never connected to.
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