How to create a portable wifi hotspot on android phone

Sharing the data connection of our phone with a tablet or a laptop is very easy. We just have to create a portable Wi-Fi hotspot. 

We go to Settings - (networks) - Portable hotspot

On portable hotspot select - set up portable hotspot. 

There we can change the SSID name (it is our device name when showing on wifi networks) and we will usually find a password that we can leave or change.

In the security section we can choose a strong encryption such as WPA-2. 

We must copy the password on a piece of paper or on a notes app (touch the eye-shaped icon to view) and the ssid too. 

Once set up, go back and enable the portable hotspot button, if it has not been done before. 

Important: To share the mobile data connection we must turn such connection on (be sure internet is working) and have the portable hotspot turned on. 

And we can now access the internet via wifi from another device. 

* Images show MIUI 12 (Xiaomi) interface.