New Instant Tethering feature is rolling out as part of Google Play Services 10.2 for Android Comments

• Raphi7
• 8n%
• 21 Jan 2017

It might be useful in countrys where there is a lot of electricity cuts....

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• A Note 4 user
• M3S
• 21 Jan 2017

So, how this will work, exactly? The phone will start broadcasting its presence 24/7?

I hope there will be a way to disable it.
Is there an option to approve/deny data request, to prevent unauthorized leaches???

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• AnonD-634610
• thv
• 21 Jan 2017

Anonymous, 20 Jan 2017Useless and scary. I think it is a way just to cover some botnet activity. Yeah, maybe.

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• Anonymous
• 0T1
• 21 Jan 2017

Just checked my oneplus 3t. The version of Google Services i have is 10.2.91 - no seeing Instant Tethering. What specific version of GS app Instant Tethering works with?

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• zodiacfml
• J7R
• 21 Jan 2017

wow. who thought of this feature and having the guts to work and implement this.
first thing, not all people have tablets anymore.
second, if one has a tablet at home, more likely a smartphone is nearby. if Wi-Fi just goes down, one simply picks up the phone and resume whatever the user is doing in the tablet.

I'd rather see USB tethering where an internet connection from a PC is shared to the phone as there are offices/homes with weak or no wi-fi signal where laptop or PC (through LAN) excellent internet. There are only a few Android phones can do this

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• Anonymous
• gGr
• 20 Jan 2017

Useless and scary.
I think it is a way just to cover some botnet activity.

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• Herodroid
• 0xS
• 20 Jan 2017

meh

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