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Old 05-28-2020, 11:52 AM
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In car WiFi hotspot

My car has this WiFi hotspot but what is it used for? I connect to it and nothing happens. What's the purpose of this? I suppose if Canada had a data plan for the car, it would allow sharing the data to occupants in the car?!

I wish it maintained the feature my previous Merc had which allowed to connect to a WiFi hotspot. I think that's better use of WiFi so I can connect wirelessly to play TuneIn or something... oh but that doesn't work too.
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You can connect to a wifi hotspot on your phone. Then use the data connection to access the MB Apps which includes TuneIn...
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You can connect to a wifi hotspot on your phone. Then use the data connection to access the MB Apps which includes TuneIn...
My menu option doesn't have a way to connect to my WiFi hotspot on my phone, unless I'm totally missing it.
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Hot spot, that's stretching it a bit. When you do manage to get connected it's slower than the dial up internet of the 90's.
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You're using bluetooth tethering to use the wifi on your phone (not the in-car hotspot, which is fairly useless).



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