armoredsaint Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 Today I was just messing with the wi-fi/internet connection and connected it to my cellphone's hotspot, was there something supposed to happen? Curious to what's the purpose of having the C-Max connected to the internet anyways, download apps, system updates etc.? I just got the car on Monday, still learning all the cool stuff in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScubaDadMiami Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 It allows intranet communication between devices that are in the car. You don't get that from using a phone for tethering, I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armoredsaint Posted April 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 It allows intranet communication between devices that are in the car. You don't get that from using a phone for tethering, I believe. i don't tether my phone since it's a hotspot aka wifi, so it's a weird feature in the c- max i don't quite get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plohnes Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 The sharing hotspot feature is redundant - users in your car could just as easily connect to the phone hotspot as the car hotspot. One potential benefit would be you could pickup a public wifi signal that requires sign-in, but others in the car wouldn't need to sign in.If the specific cell phone supports blue-tooth PAN, you may avoid needing to pay the cell providers extra $$ for the hotspot feature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeB Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 I'm pretty sure the in-car hotspot was proposed by Ford sales execs several years ago, when most phones couldn't provide wifi hotspot features on their own. I know I used to own an older iPhone that could do bluetooth or USB tethering, but not wifi. And once Ford decides to add such a feature, it's not going to get removed quickly, even if phone technology rapidly makes it irrelevant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armoredsaint Posted April 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 thanks guys for the clarification on the cars wi-fi feature - it does seem like a redundant feature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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