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Originally Posted by NGT2
I have a 2020. It says I have WiFi capability. Does the car have its own WiFi or does it need a hotspot through my service provider to actually work? I know I’m subscribed to whatever it is. I’m just ignorant and don’t know how it works. With GM I had WiFi through OnStar but it was subscribed through ATT.
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If you go into iDrive and look around for mobile hotspot, it should prompt you for 3GB of free wifi data via AT&T, once that's used up, you have to sign up for a plan, just like a cell phone. So it is effectively a hotspot in your car. I went and signed up for the 3GB for fun but never could see the need for it when I have 5G hotspot unlimited from my phone if someone in the car really needed to connect. It is also only LTE, so my phone is faster connected to 5G.