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BT roaming App at home.

rogmyles — Fri, 05 May 2023 13:39:32 GMT

If I have the BT wifi app on my mobile or laptop will they connect to my router when at home or is there a conflict? Thanks.

Re: BT roaming App at home.

licquorice — Fri, 05 May 2023 13:49:15 GMT

Yes they will connect, its just another wifi source. No conflicts.

Re: BT roaming App at home.

imjolly — Fri, 05 May 2023 13:49:43 GMT

your devices can connect to your home hub BTWIFI but you should normally have your devices set to select the home network in preference to BTWIFI as BTWIFI is not secure

Re: BT roaming App at home.

rogmyles — Fri, 05 May 2023 14:01:46 GMT

There is no setting on my Android mobile to prefer a network. I can see BT Wi-fi though. If I use BT Wi-fi when out (not done so yet) will it save the logon and use that instead when I get home?

Re: BT roaming App at home.

licquorice — Fri, 05 May 2023 14:12:19 GMT

You need to ask your mobile manufacturer that. I've never heard of a mobile where you can't select wifi source.

Re: BT roaming App at home.

rogmyles — Wed, 10 May 2023 11:48:06 GMT

I can select the source but I see no way of making it a preference.

Re: BT roaming App at home.

Dode — Wed, 10 May 2023 16:14:53 GMT

If you ask it to Forget BTwifi and any other it selects then your home network should become the preferred one.

Re: BT roaming App at home.

rogmyles — Thu, 18 May 2023 09:55:57 GMT

I see on Google Play the My BT app has only 3.2 stars. Is it that bad? I have not downloaded it yet. I would like to know if it will allow me to go roaming internet w/o further charges. Is that the case? I have BT Hub (latest 4?). Thanks.

Re: BT roaming App at home.

licquorice — Thu, 18 May 2023 10:31:24 GMT

The MyBT app has nothing to do with roaming, it is just for managing your account.

Your BT WiFi app that you already have allows you to connect to hotspots.

Re: BT roaming App at home.

rogmyles — Thu, 18 May 2023 10:43:33 GMT

I have been to the apple store and the BT Wifi app is not there.

Re: BT roaming App at home.

licquorice — Thu, 18 May 2023 10:48:43 GMT

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/bt-wi-fi/id384404559

Re: BT roaming App at home.

David500 — Thu, 18 May 2023 12:49:03 GMT

#rogmyles in post 4 you said “There is no setting on my Android mobile to prefer a network” but the in post 10 you state “I have been to the Apple Store and the BT Wifi app is not there”. Why are you looking in the Apple Store when you have an Android phone. If you have an iPhone then as #licquorice says the BT Wifi app is available. Also with iPhones you can use BTWifi-X which is more secure but has to be setup through the BT Wi-Fi app. See https://community.bt.com/t5/Archive-Staging/BT-WiFi-X/td-p/1859114.

Re: BT roaming App at home.

rogmyles — Thu, 18 May 2023 12:58:23 GMT

Sorry for confusion. For my Mac it is not on the Apple store under that name. For my Android mobile its not on Google play.

Re: BT roaming App at home.

Carlusha — Thu, 18 May 2023 13:00:27 GMT

@David500 Just a quickie - you need to say @rogmyles and @licquorice rather than # otherwise they will not be advised of your post.

Re: BT roaming App at home.

rogmyles — Thu, 18 May 2023 13:03:05 GMT

I give up. Leave it as is.

Re: BT roaming App at home.

NeilO — Thu, 18 May 2023 15:44:01 GMT

@rogmyles I'm sorry there is no app for your Mac. To connect to BT wifi on that you'll need to connect to the BT Wifi hotspot then open a browser and it will present you with a login screen.

It can be installed on Android phones from the google play store at this link, your phone needs to be on the Android 10 or above operating system to be compatible.

Thanks

Neil