Microsoft removes Wi-Fi password sharing feature from Windows 10

Microsoft is going to remove the feature to share Wi-Fi passwords with contacts from Windows 10. The feature has already been removed in the latest Insider Build and will be removed from all users with the Anniversary Update this summer.

Sharing WiFi passwords with contacts is part of WiFi Sense, an opt-in feature in Windows 10. Microsoft is not completely removing WiFi Sense; users who have the feature enabled will still be automatically connected to open Wi-Fi hotspots known through crowdsourcing. However, sharing credentials for closed Wi-Fi networks is no longer possible.

When sharing information over Wi-Fi networks, users can specify per network whether they want to share the credentials with contacts from the Skype, Outlook or Facebook contact list. The idea of ​​the feature is that people can, for example, give friends access to their Wi-Fi network without actually revealing the password.

According to Microsoft, too few people are using the feature and it is therefore not worth “to keep updating the code”. Microsoft mentions the removal of the functionality at the bottom of the post about the latest Windows Insider Build 14342, under the heading “other points of interest.”

The Insider Build also adds the ability to Edge to download extensions from the Windows Store. Edge also gets support for real-time notifications from websites and swipe navigation returns.