The term Instant Hotspot appears to be banished. The only way to turn it off is to disable cellular networking or turn on Airplane Mode. It cannot be disabled among your devices. It also extended use to Family Sharing groups as an option.įirst, Personal Hotspot is always on for all devices logged in to the same iCloud account, regardless of what the label in Settings says. So in 13.1, Apple resolved this logical paradox by redefining the state of Personal Hotspot to reflect how it lets it be used.