Turning on the hotspot on your phone to connect it with your Chromebooks when you are out of reach from a nearby Wi-Fi connection might be troublesome since the hotspot feature is most likely to drain your phone’s battery. In the upcoming Chromebook update, it seems like Google is developing a feature that will solve this issue.
According to 9to5google, the new feature will allow your Chromebook with mobile data to host a Wi-Fi hotspot for other devices such as phones or tablets. As compared to a mobile phone, Chromebook has a much larger battery capacity so it ensures longer connectivity for your devices (as long as you have enough data that is).
At the moment, the details about the functions are still slim but we can imagine it would work like the mobile hotspot feature that is available on Android phones today. The feature should allow you to set up the name and password for your Chromebook’s hotspot in the Settings app in ChromeOS. From there, you can choose to toggle the hotspot off or on.
The feature could be the most anticipated update for Chromebook users since it offers convenience, especially for people who always move around and struggle to find connectivity to do their work.
