How to turn your old Android phone into a Wi-Fi extender - and fix dead spots at home ...

Despite technologies like Wi-Fi 7 (and even Wi-Fi 8), the age-old problem of patchy internet coverage across your home is common. There are still dead zones where there's little to no signal at all.

Travelers who are concerned about their network connectivity often think that they need a dedicated travel router, but in reality, an old Android phone can do the same job—and sometimes even better.

Using this Android setting changed the way that my connected devices treat the mobile hotspot and router that I use while traveling.

Parks Associates reported that the average number of connected devices per US internet household reached 17 in Q3 2023, based on its quarterly consumer research of 8,000 US internet households. When a ...