{"id":225163,"date":"2026-03-18T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/18\/how-to-turn-your-old-android-phone-into-a-wi-fi-extender-and-fix-dead-spots-at-home\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T00:35:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T04:35:13","slug":"how-to-turn-your-old-android-phone-into-a-wi-fi-extender-and-fix-dead-spots-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/18\/how-to-turn-your-old-android-phone-into-a-wi-fi-extender-and-fix-dead-spots-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"How to turn your old Android phone into a Wi-Fi extender &#8211; and fix dead spots at home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/how-to-turn-android-phone-into-wifi-extender-for-free\/\">How to turn your old Android phone into a Wi-Fi extender &#8211; and fix dead spots at home<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/how-to-turn-android-phone-into-wifi-extender-for-free\/\">https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/how-to-turn-android-phone-into-wifi-extender-for-free\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-18 23:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.zdnet.com\">www.zdnet.com<\/a><\/p>\n<h3> Will this improve my home Wi-Fi speed? <\/h3>\n<p>No. It extends your home Wi-Fi coverage, not speed. Your connection may even be slightly slower than your main network, but it&#8217;s still very usable for browsing, streaming, and basic work. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Also:\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Slow Wi-Fi? I found 10 proven ways to fix your internet this weekend (most are free)<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3> Can any Android phone do this? <\/h3>\n<p>Most modern Android phones support Wi-Fi hotspot features. <\/p>\n<h3> Will this drain my Android phone&#8217;s battery? <\/h3>\n<p>Yes, quickly. Keep the phone plugged in if you plan to use it as a permanent Wi-Fi extender. <\/p>\n<h3> Should I just buy an extender? <\/h3>\n<p>If you already have an old phone and just need basic coverage in one problem area, no. If you need reliable, high-speed performance across your home, a dedicated Wi-Fi extender or mesh system is better.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/how-to-turn-android-phone-into-wifi-extender-for-free\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to turn your old Android phone into a Wi-Fi extender &#8211; and fix dead&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":225164,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/a\/img\/resize\/f499b2148aecfa94c88cdbd3952078d91cb5bfba\/2026\/03\/18\/a897aa9c-c5e9-4cf9-8535-7ba1969255a5\/3-opehow-to-turn-your-old-android-phone-into-a-home-wi-fi-extender-for-freen-the-vpn-menu.jpg?auto=webp&fit=crop&height=675&width=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-225163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-android"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225163"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225163"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":225165,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225163\/revisions\/225165"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}