Instant Tethering, a new Android feature that lets select devices automatically use the same cellular data connection as your smartphone, is now available across numerous Pixel and Nexus products. Any Pixel, Pixel XL, Nexus 6, Nexus 5X, or Nexus 6P running Android 7.1.1 and above can be a “host” and share its internet connection automatically with another supported device signed into the same Google account.

“When you unlock a tablet such as the Pixel C, it will notice if there is no internet connection available, and will ask your Pixel phone if it has internet and battery life,” Google’s Omri Amarilio wrote in a forum post explaining the feature. “If it does, we will give you an option to enable a secure hotspot and pair…

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