Easily share Wi-Fi: Quickly connect with QR code

One way to easily share Wi-Fi router access rights is to generate a QR code for Wi-Fi connection. This is very useful in homes, offices, waiting rooms, rentals, restaurants, shops, and anywhere where people need Wi-Fi access. It also makes it easier for users to join Wi-Fi networks without having to enter complex passwords. The latest version of Mac, iPhone and iPad system software makes this task easier than ever, enabling the ability to generate QR codes for any connected Wi-Fi router, and you can easily join by pointing your camera at the QR code.

While Apple's iPhone, Mac, and iPad have long provided a useful feature that can easily share Wi-Fi passwords between and or with a Mac, this feature doesn't work if you try to share Wi-Fi authentication information with users on an Android phone, Windows computer, Linux machine or even older iPhone, Mac or iPad. Sometimes, even the latest devices, the Wi-Fi password sharing feature doesn't work properly, and I recently encountered this when two new iPhones tried to connect to a friend's Wi-Fi network. In these cases, you may find generating a QR code for Wi-Fi network connections very useful, just scan the QR code through your device to easily share the Wi-Fi network with others and they will join the network immediately. This also has the added benefit of allowing people to join a Wi-Fi network without having to share Wi-Fi passwords directly, which would be very convenient if the Wi-Fi router has complex or complex passwords.

Sharing a Wi-Fi router’s password is cumbersome, so let’s learn how to share and join a Wi-Fi network more easily by creating a QR code for any Wi-Fi network currently connected to by iPhone, Mac, or iPad.

How to generate QR code for Wi-Fi router from iPhone, Mac, iPad

This process works exactly the same on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac and works for any Wi-Fi router or network you connect to, here are what you need to do:

1. Open the Password app on your Mac, iPhone, or iPad.

2. Go to "Wi-Fi" and select the Wi-Fi network whose QR code you want to display.

3. Select "Show Network QR Code" to display a large QR code on the screen.

After displaying the QR code, people who want to connect to a Wi-Fi router simply scan the QR code on their device to join the network immediately. This usually simply opens the camera app on your iPhone, iPad, or Android phone and point it to the QR code to read and scan.

This works the same way on the iPhone, Mac or iPad, although the interface between the Mac and iPhone is slightly different. The "Show QR Code" function on Mac in the Password app looks like this:

Yes, you can also print this QR code and paste it in a refrigerator, work lounge, office or clinic waiting room, short-term rental place, or any other you may need to easily share your Wi-Fi network so that others can scan the place you join through the QR code.

This article is obviously aimed at modern Mac, iPhone, and iPad devices that contain "password" apps (introduced in MacOS Sequoia and iOS 18), but that doesn't mean your device won't work without running the latest system software, as older devices can use the "Shortcuts" app to achieve similar functionality, sharing Wi-Fi access through QR codes.

This is one of many convenient and little-known features in the modern Apple operating system suite, and thanks to mjtsai.com for bringing our attention to this so we can share it with you.

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