If an unknown device connects to your mobile data, it can consume all your valuable cellular data before you even know it. Fortunately, most Android smartphones allow you to monitor who’s connected to your hotspot and filter out unknown devices. Below, we’ll show you how to do just that.
How to See Who’s Using Your Mobile Hotspot Secretly
To see how many devices are connected to your mobile hotspot, follow the steps below on your Android device:
The steps above explain how to check the number of devices connected to your hotspot on a Samsung phone. The interface may look different if you have a device from another manufacturer with a different user interface.
If you don’t know how to access the hotspot settings on your device, tap theMobileHotspotoption in the Quick Settings panel and hold for a few seconds—it’ll lead you there.
Some Android phones don’t show the display name of devices connected to your hotspot, or it differs from the username assigned to those devices. Therefore, you’ll need to temporarily halt the shared internet connection for all connected devices to filter the unknown ones out.
If you find any unknown device connected to your hotspot, change your hotspot password, and it’ll automatically be disconnected. Then, you may reconnect your devices to the hotspot using the new password.
If you regularly use your phone’s hotspot feature to access the internet in public places, you shouldsecure the hotspot connectionto prevent intruders from compromising your privacy.
Stop Unknown Devices From Draining Your Cellular Data
Unknown devices connected to your hotspot can drain your cellular data and slow down the internet speed for every other known device connected to it. So, keep an eye on the number of devices connected to your hotspot, and change your password to remove the unknown ones.
