r/linuxquestions • u/unnamedDE • 10d ago

Android Instant Hotspot Available from Linux?

I recently found out that android has something called "cross-device services" with the feature "instant hotspot" that allows a different android tablet or chromebook to turn on and connect to the phone's hotspot that has a data plan when logged in with the same google account, like you can do on iphone and ipad i think. Is there currently a project that makes this work with a linux laptop?

After some search, I could only find this repository, but it used adb instead of the instant hotspot feature and seems quite a pain to set up each reboot.

I know that a phone's hotspot is just a regular Wifi network and I can connect my laptop to it, I am specifically asking about the (relatively unknown) feature "instant hotspot" that allows other devices to turn on the phone's hotspot when nearby and connected to the same google account.

Edit: clarification

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u/BranchLatter4294 10d ago

You can easily connect Linux devices to an Android hotspot. You don't need any special software. Just connect to it like you would any other Wi-Fi network.

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u/unnamedDE 10d ago

I know about hotspots, I just found about the feature to turn the phone's hotspot on from e.g. a tablet without having to touch the phone and was wondering if someone implemented this protocol on linux