How to share a Wi-Fi password from an Android phone
2 min read · 5 steps · Updated 2 October 2026
Open Settings, tap Network & internet, then Internet, tap the gear next to your Wi-Fi network and tap Share. After you confirm with your fingerprint or PIN, the phone shows a QR code and the password in plain text.
Android can show the password of the network you are on, and a QR code that any phone, including an iPhone, can scan to connect.
Menu names below are from Google Pixel phones on a recent Android version. Samsung, Xiaomi and other brands rename some of them, so the Samsung name is given where it differs. The pictures are simplified diagrams of the screen, not screenshots.
Step by step
Open Settings and tap Network & internet
On Samsung, tap Connections, then Wi-Fi.
Tap Internet, then the gear next to your network
On Samsung, tap the gear next to the connected network.
Tap Share
On Samsung, tap QR code at the bottom. Confirm with your fingerprint, face or PIN.
Let the other person scan the code
They point their camera at it and tap the prompt to join. The password is also written under the code if they need to type it.
Share with a nearby Android phone
Tap Quick Share under the code to send the login directly to another Android device.
Good to know
To see the password of a network you are not connected to now, tap Saved networks, choose it and tap Share.
Share only with people you trust. Devices on the same Wi-Fi can see each other.
In short: Settings, Network & internet, Internet, gear, Share.
- Google Android Help: Connect to Wi-Fi networks on your Android device
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