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Sharing your mobile data connection
You can share your tablet’s mobile data connection with a single computer via a USB cable or via Bluetooth: USB
tethering or Bluetooth tethering. You can also share your tablet’s data connection with up to eight devices at once, by
turning your tablet into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot. (Not all carriers and tablets support these features.)
When your tablet is sharing its data connection, an icon appears in the Status bar and as an ongoing notication in the
Notications panel (see “Managing notications” on page 18).
USB tethering in use
Bluetooth tethering in use
Connected to mobile network
Wi-Fi hotspot in use
For the latest information about tethering and portable hotspots, including supported operating systems and other
details, visit android.com/tether.
Share your tablet’s data connection via USB
If your computer is running Windows 7 or a recent distribution of some avors of Linux (such as Ubuntu), you typically
don’t need to prepare your computer for tethering. But if you’re running an earlier version of Windows or another
operating system, you may need to prepare your computer to establish a network connection via USB. For the most
current information about which operating systems support USB tethering and how to congure them, visit
android.com/tether.