How to Connect iPhone to Wi-Fi from Control Center [iOS 13]

In this detailed and easy-to-follow step-by-step guide we will show all possible methods to connect your iPhone to a Wi-Fi network at your home or office. As you might know, in iOS 13 Apple added a new way to connect an iPhone to a wireless network using the Control Center. So now it is much faster and more convenient.

Connect iPhone 11, X, XS, 8, 7, SE to a Wi-Fi Network from Control Center

I’d like to emphasize once again: your device should run iOS 13 / iPadOS 13 or later version to be able to connect to a wireless hotspot from Control Center.

Follow the steps:

1. Open Control Center.
   On iPhone 11, XS and X you need to swipe down from the upper right corner of the screen. On iPhone 8, 7, 6 and earlier models – swipe up from the bottom of the screen.
2. Turn on Wi-Fi (if it is off) by tapping on its toggle:
3. Long-tap on the whole section where Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and AirDrop toggles are located:
4. While the Wi-Fi toggle is blue long-tap on it again:
5. Select the wireless network you wish to connect your iPhone to:
6. Enter its password (network security key) if this is the first time you connect to this exact Wi-Fi hotspot.
7. And finally tap Join to connect to this network:In a few seconds your iPhone will connect to the wireless network of your router (access point). You will see a corresponding flag next to your network’s name:

This means that now you can use the Internet connection of your network.

Connect iPhone to Wi-Fi from Settings

This method works for all iPhone models running any version of iOS. The same applies to iPad and iPadOS respectively.