WiFi Share App

The WiFi Share App shows a QR code on your screens that customers scan to join your Wi-Fi network, for example in a restaurant, café, hotel or waiting room. It can also show the network name and password.

Note: The WiFi Share App is not offered on video walls.

 

How to Add the WiFi Share App

  1. Open the playlist, then click the layer. See Playlist Media Management.
  2. If the layer is empty, the content apps open. If it already has media, click Add New.
  3. Click Web, then Wifi Share App.

Wifi Share App in Web

 

  1. Enter your Wi-Fi details:
    • Network Name and Password
    • Encryption: the security type of your network, usually WPA. Choose None for an open network.
    • Show Network’s name and password: ticked by default. Untick it to show only the QR code.
    • Hidden SSID: tick it if your network does not broadcast its name.
  2. Set how the screen looks:
    • Instruction text: the text next to the QR code (by default, “Scan the QR to connect to the WiFi.”).
    • Background Color
    • Network Name Label and Password Label: the labels shown above the network name and password.
  3. Click Save.
  4. Click Publish changes of this playlist to send it to your screens.

WiFi Share App settings

 

Customers can now scan the QR code on your screen to join your Wi-Fi.

The WiFi Share App on a screen