Eli5: How can my phone provide internet services without wifi but my laptop can’t?

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I travel w/my trucker husband & of course I do just about everything on my phone from banking to stream cartoons. But my laptop is a paperweight out here on the road. How does my phone supply an internet browser if my laptop can’t?

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Your mobile phone has a connection to your cell service provider’s internet connection. Your laptop doesn’t.

However, you can enable a WiFi Hotspot on your phone (On Android, this is Settings > Connection & Sharing > Personal hotspot). This should allow your laptop to connect to your cell phone and use its internet connection.

Just remember to turn the Hotspot off when connecting to a regular WiFi connection (eg: at a cafe or when returning home.)

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