Use an Android device to connect your Googlebook to the internet

You can connect your Googlebook to your phone’s Wi-Fi or cellular connection through Instant hotspot. With this, you can quickly and securely connect to your phone’s internet without the need to copy a password from your phone.

How to turn on Instant hotspot on your Googlebook

Before you begin

To use Instant hotspot, make sure you have:

• A Googlebook
• A phone with Android 17 or higher
• Turned on Bluetooth and Wi-Fi on both devices
• Signed in both devices to the same Google Account
• Turned on cross-device services on both devices
• Turned on Internet sharing on both devices

Turn on an instant hotspot

On your phone:

1. Open the Settings app.
   • If you have a Pixel phone: Select Connected devices Connection preferences Cross-device services.
   • If you have an Android phone: Select Google All services Cross-device services.
     • Alternatively, on your Settings app, at the top, enter: Cross-device services
2. Select Internet sharing.
3. Turn on Instant hotspot.

Tip: Your phone's battery or sharing device's battery drains faster when you share its internet connection.

Connect to an Instant hotspot

Important: Your Instant hotspot can also turn off after a period of inactivity.

If your Googlebook isn't connected to the internet, it searches for other nearby devices that you own. If one of those devices is connected to a cellular network or Wi-Fi, internet access can be provided through an Instant hotspot.

If that's the case, you'll receive a notification to ask if you’d like to connect. If you choose to connect, your Googlebook automatically connects with no password entry required.

Through a notification

To connect your Googlebook to your Android phone that has an internet connection:

1. On your Googlebook, find the notification titled "Use your phone's hotspot."
2. Select Connect.
3. To confirm if you're connected:
   • On your Googlebook: You should find a “Connected to your phone" notification.
   • On your phone: You should find a "Providing mobile data” notification to your other Android device.

Under Internet settings

1. Open your Googlebook’s Settings app .
2. Select Network & internet Internet your Android phone as an available Wi-Fi option.

Tip: Your Android phone’s hotspot will turn on and your Googlebook connects to it.