How to share a Wi-Fi password from a Xiaomi phone (HyperOS 3)

Device

Android

Shown on

Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro 5G (25080RABDG), HyperOS 3.0.308.0, Android 16

App

Settings

Path

Settings › Wi-Fi

Real screenshots

5 of 5 steps

Checked

October 2026

Sources

2 official, linked below

Step by step

1. 

   Tap the connected network

   Open Settings and tap Wi-Fi. The network you are connected to is the blue row at the top, with Tap to share password under its name. Tap the row.

   Done

2. 

   Let them scan the QR code

   A Share sheet opens with a big QR code. The other person scans it with their phone to join the network. On ours the sheet opened straight away.

   Done

3. 

   Or read out the password

   Below the QR code the sheet shows the network name and the password as plain text, so you can also type it on the other device.

   Done

4. 

   Quick Share

   The Quick Share button at the bottom is another way to send it. We did not try it.

   Done

5. 

   Close the sheet

   Tap the X next to Share when you are done.

   Done

If you do not see this option

• Asked for a PIN or fingerprint? Ours showed the password with no PIN check, but our phone had no screen lock set. We can't say whether a phone with a screen lock asks for it first.
• Want to join a network from a QR code? The icon at the top right of the Wi-Fi page is a QR scanner. Tap it and point it at the other phone's code.

  

• Sharing your hotspot instead? Xiaomi's HyperOS 3 guide says the Portable hotspot page has a Share QR code option. Source: Generic User Guide for HyperOS 3.0
• Steps from Google look different? Google's Android help shares through Network & internet, Internet and a Share button. On our Xiaomi it is the Tap to share password row on the Wi-Fi page. Source: Connect to Wi-Fi networks on your Android device

If this does not work

• No Tap to share password line? It only shows under the network you are connected to. Connect first. If Wi-Fi keeps dropping, see Xiaomi Wi-Fi keeps disconnecting.
• The other phone can't scan the code? Read the password under the QR code and type it in by hand on the other phone.

About this guide

You do not need to remember the Wi-Fi password to give it to a friend. The phone that is already connected can show it.

The screenshots are from our Redmi Note 15 Pro 5G with Xiaomi HyperOS 3.0.308.0 and Android 16, in Light mode. We blurred the network names, the QR code and the password. We only opened these screens and changed nothing.

Good to know

Share your mobile data instead: how to set up a hotspot on a Xiaomi phone.

In short: Settings, Wi-Fi, tap the connected network (Tap to share password), scan the QR code or read the password.