Your Android phone has a special feature that transforms it into a portable router, one that is surprisingly easy to use whenever you need it.

Unlike iOS, there are plenty of tethering options for Android, and most of them work well depending on what you're trying to do and the type of user you are. Some are wired, some are wireless ...

There are three ways to tether your Android handset and get sweet internet love even where there's no Wi-Fi in sight: the risky-but-free rooting method, the still-geeky-but-not-as-bad free route ...

If you find it inconvenient to share your Android phone’s hotspot details manually, you can create a QR code that others can scan from their devices to connect to your hotspot. It's easier than you ...

Several blogs have reported in recent days that free Android phone tethering apps that are typically found in the Android Market are not available for Android phones on AT&T, Verizon Wireless, and ...

Beginning with Android 2.2, the Android operating system includes a tethering option, so that you do not need a special app to tether your device to a computer.

Android users, it’s time to pony up the cash for that tethering plan with your smartphone. Wireless carriers and Google are cracking down on Android users who download apps that allow them to ...

The blogosphere’s abuzz right now with word that Verizon — the typically Android-friendly carrier — has begun blocking all tethering apps from its Android devices. Have you heard about this ...

U.S. carriers have started blocking an app that allows Android smartphone users free wireless tethering for other web-ready devices. The application, “Wireless Tether for Root Users,” is still ...

From the makers of Tether for BlackBerry, the new Tether for Android app has arrived, which allows a computer to take advantage of the data plan on an Android smartphone.With download speeds of up ...

The FCC has determined that Verizon is not allowed to prevent its customers from downloading third-party tethering apps and circumventing the carrier's extra $20 tethering charge.

Here are a few easy ways to tether your Android phone to your Windows computer. See also: The best mobile hotspot plans right now Of course, you’ll need access to data to make this work.