The 5 best applications to find free WiFi hotspots
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With the holidays, trips to different cities arrive and pulling our data rate, especially abroad, can be too expensive for us. That is why we celebrate that there are more and more free or public WiFi access points and that we can navigate with a certain speed even if we are far from home. Taking into account that the security at these points is not the best for our smartphones and much less for computers, they are very useful for carefully navigating the netFinding these points is sometimes not an easy task, due to a lack of knowledge of the city, the language or even poor signage. That is why we bring you a list of the applications that will help us the most to find these free networks, no matter where we are on the planet.
Facebook WiFi Locator
Two years ago, Facebook began testing its "Find Wi-Fi" feature in its app, which lets you locate nearby businesses or networks that have free, public Wi-Fi. Find WiFi was launched in some countries in 2016 and today it has already spread all over the world. In the announcement, Zuckerberg's company said it found the feature useful in areas where mobile data was lacking or for people on the go.
When enabled, Find WiFi will display which nearby locations offer free WiFi along with those locations' business hours, what type of places they are, and their network names However, businesses must opt-in to this service when claiming their network on their Facebook page. So not all available access points will show up. To access the feature, click on the “More” tab in the Facebook app and then on “Find WiFi”. The rollout begins today and is available for both Android and iOS.
WifiMapper
WifiMapper is available for both Android and iOS and is based on a library of more than 500 million global hotspots and can therefore recommend a nearby hotspot to us in almost every city in the world. world. They've integrated Foursquare feedback to give you better information about which hotspot we plan to connect to (it's nice to know you can get WiFi at two different cafes, but which one has the better cafe?). By including Foursquare's feedback, we're able to provide a more complete perspective on the WiFi hotspot than just whether or not it has free access.
The app works by using data collected since 2010 from the OpenSignal app, which has been recording the location and performance of mobile hotspots to create a database of millions of WiFi hotspots around the world. the world. Its operation is very simple and just by opening it we see the menu and its possibilities so clearly that there is no room for error.
WiFi Map
WiFi Map is an application that shows more than 2.1 million Wi-Fi hotspots around the world on Android and iOS. When you first open the app, WiFi Map asks for permission to access your location.From then on, it finds places with open or password-protected Wi-Fi access. However, the free version only shows WiFi hotspots within two kilometers from the location we search
At the time of writing, if we copy and paste an address into the search, we should be able to access the WiFi Map listings for the location. The paid version, available via in-app upgrade, allows for a larger set of listings plus allows you to save maps for offline access.
Instabridge
With Instabridge we get over a million updated WiFi passwords and ads on our phone by joining the world's largest WiFi sharing community and unlocking free WiFi in any city.With 3 million free, secure and up-to-date Wi-Fi hotspots and hotspots, Instabridge stands out for its simple interface, which makes it easy for anyone to find those hotspots without having much idea how these applications work.
The app also knows which WiFis work and keeps us away from those that don't. It does not require configuration and, in addition, by connecting once to a network, Instabridge will automatically reconnect us And we can previously download the lists of WiFi access points for the city of destination so you can use it offline. It is available for Android and iOS.
osmino Wi-Fi
osmino WiFi gives us fast and free internet access almost anywhere we are. It has unique Wi-Fi manager to achieve free Wi-Fi auto connection and share hotspots or Wi-Fi hotspot passwords worldwide.With a single touch we activate the automatic search and the connection to open Wi-Fi networks. No settings or complicated terms, this is what has made this exclusive Android application so popular. There are already almost 20 million Wi-Fi hotspots in the map of osmino in more than 50 countries.
