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The Pixel 3/3 XL (and several other Android smartphones) can run both a hotspot and Wi-Fi simultaneously. [1] I could be wrong, but I am fairly sure these phon
by arthurfm 8y ago
The Pixel 3/3 XL (and several other Android smartphones) can run both a hotspot and Wi-Fi simultaneously. [1]
I could be wrong, but I am fairly sure these phones only have a single Wi-Fi module.
[1] https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/11/03/pixel-3-3-xl-support-wi-fi-sharing-devices/ https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/11/03/pixel-3-3-xl-suppor...
- oneplane 8y agoProbably a special chipset or driver that is not freely available.
- gregmac 8y agoMy first thought was perhaps this could be done using 2.4 for one and 5ghz for the other, but while I was trying to find an example of configuring the radios independently, I came across DD-Wrt "Repeater Bridge" mode [1] so I don't see why that wouldn't be what the Pixel is doing. [1] https://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Repeater_Bridge https://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Repeater_Bridge