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The smartphone feature most people may take for granted, but notice immediately when it’s not available, is an internet connection. Without it,\u00a0Android and iPhone devices<\/a> feel useless for most tasks, as most apps require access to the internet. Since\u00a0Wi-Fi may be more stable and faster<\/a> than cellular data, most people prefer it over a cellular connection. And\u00a0Android is about to make connecting to Wi-Fi a lot easier following the March 2026 update, as users will only have to input login credentials once, and they’ll be connected to Wi-Fi across their devices.<\/p>\n A Google<\/a> support document notes that the Wi-Fi sync feature is a part of the Google Play services v26.10 update released in mid-March for PCs and phones. “Wi-Fi Sync helps keep users’ devices online by making it easy to share and sync known, trusted Wi-Fi networks across a user’s personal device ecosystem, ensuring that wherever connectivity is available, it’s quickly and easily accessible,”\u00a0Google states.<\/p>\n It’s unclear how the functionality will work and how many devices will be supported, particularly on the Chromebook side. Google has its own ChromeOS operating system, which it’s currently merging with Android, part of its Aluminum OS initiative<\/a>.\u00a0In mid-August 2025, Google Play services v25.32 brought a similar feature: “Wi-Fi Sync lets you share and sync trusted Wi-Fi networks across all your devices for easy connectivity.”<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n How the feature may work<\/p>\n
Apple introduced a similar feature in 2013 via an iCloud Keychain update that allowed users to have Wi-Fi passwords and other credentials synced between all their Apple devices.\u00a0Inputting the Wi-Fi credentials for a new network on a Mac is enough to have the login data sync with your other nearby Apple devices and connect them\u00a0to all the known Wi-Fi networks. Presumably, the feature will work similarly on Android devices, including phones, tablets, and computers.<\/p>\n It’s not clear from Google’s brief description which devices will be supported. It indicates that phones and PCs will be able to take advantage of Wi-Fi Sync, without specifying operating system limitations for either. This may be an important detail, especially for older Android devices. Chromebook\u00a0users can already sync Wi-Fi credentials manually between Chromebooks, but\u00a0it’s unlikely the feature will let users sync between Android and Windows. That process may require a separate password manager.\u00a0But March’s update is intended to ensure that all your Wi-Fi logins are synced automatically between all your devices.<\/p>\n
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