{"id":474085,"date":"2026-02-17T16:01:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T16:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/474085\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T16:01:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T16:01:10","slug":"ios-26-4-makes-it-easy-to-see-whos-using-your-personal-hotspot-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/474085\/","title":{"rendered":"iOS 26.4 makes it easy to see who\u2019s using your personal hotspot data"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ios-26-4-wi-fi.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>iOS 26.4 beta 1 debuted yesterday, packing a <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/02\/16\/ios-26-4-beta-1-heres-everything-new\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wide array of new features<\/a>, including a change for personal hotspot that makes it easy to see who\u2019s using your data.<\/p>\n<p>Until I went all-in on cellular iPads in the last couple years, I relied on personal hotspot on my iPhone all the time.<\/p>\n<p>I would connect my iPad or MacBook to my iPhone\u2019s cellular connection whenever I worked outside of the house.<\/p>\n<p>But I always had to be very careful about data usage. I\u2019ve historically stuck with cellular plans that offer set amounts of data, since they tend to be much more affordable.<\/p>\n<p>As discovered by <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/traviiolla\/status\/2023584791954661521?s=61&amp;t=a-bloX1n-TZ50ofqhetO1A\" rel=\"nofollow\">X user Traviiolla<\/a>, iOS 26.4\u2019s Settings app now offers hotspot data usage statistics on a per-device basis.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ios-26-4-personal-hotspot-usage.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1039635\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Go to Settings \u21fe Personal Hotspot, and at the bottom of the screen you\u2019ll see a Data Usage menu. This only appears when you have used your hotspot recently.<\/p>\n<p>Inside the Data Usage menu, you\u2019ll get a breakdown of how much data has been used per device via hotspot. You can reset this data by resetting your overall cellular usage statistics inside Settings \u21fe Cellular.<\/p>\n<p>This is great for tracking usage across your own devices, or if you regularly let others connect to your hotspot.<\/p>\n<p>Though I never realized it before, Apple apparently <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/aaronp613\/status\/2023768670720217448?s=61&amp;t=a-bloX1n-TZ50ofqhetO1A\" rel=\"nofollow\">used to<\/a> keep this data in a different place in Settings. But despite being a longtime iPhone user who has written about iOS for years, I never knew it existed. I suspect I\u2019m not alone in that.<\/p>\n<p>If you use hotspot a lot, and need to keep a close eye on data usage, iOS 26.4 offers a convenient way to do that.<\/p>\n<p>How often do you use personal hotspot on your iPhone? 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