Two 3-minute product tours · 18 steps
See how the app observes, rates and connects.
See nearby hotspots, read their calculated ratings and use automatic connection and switching. The tours also show the history behind the ratings, visual comparisons, Excel reports and all five connection tools.
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Let’s choose Wi-Fi using its recorded history.
Start in Visible Hotspots. Filter the list and order by recommendation rating. Each network has a Statistics button to investigate its history.
Open Recommendations and read the evidence behind a score. Consistent observed presence matters more than one strong reading. Limited monitoring means less certainty.
In Statistics, choose a period. Review monitoring coverage first: time without observations cannot tell you whether a network was absent.
Choose a network and select Add to comparison. Add another, then compare their presence using the same monitoring time. Recorded disappearances are visibility losses, not connection drops.
Look at the timeline for recurring gaps. Distinguish recorded visibility changes from stretches when the app was not monitoring.
The weekday and hour views reveal recurring patterns. Compare the times you normally work, while checking how much evidence those periods contain.
Export your results to review them later. The Excel report keeps labeled values and a weekly heatmap, so you can inspect the patterns together.
My networks shows observed connection sessions and Windows-reported internet availability. Add a personal rating and notes; these stay separate from the app’s recommendation score.
From the tray, choose Re-choose Wi-Fi. The app scans first, then switches only to a higher-rated connectable network. Otherwise, your connection stays as it is.
In Options, review automatic reconnection and higher-rated switching. The idle-transfer safeguard waits for no measured Wi-Fi traffic before automatic switching.
Now open Tools and run Speedtest. Choose sequential or simultaneous receiving and sending. Watch the live speed, HTTP ping and jitter before reviewing the completed result.
Start continuous latency to track response time, jitter and reply loss. Select Stop when you have enough observations to review.
For DNS lookup, enter a host name or address. Review the IPv4 and IPv6 addresses returned through Windows.
Connection details brings local addresses, gateways, DNS servers and reported link speed together. Use these details to understand the connection you are checking.
Enter a destination in Route trace and follow the hops. Some routers do not answer. If you select Stop, the partial result is still useful to review.
Open Activity Log to return to the saved tool summaries. Results link to the Wi-Fi network when the same identified connection stays in use throughout the check.
Compare history, choose a network, then check the connection. Revisit the evidence as conditions change.
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♪ Choose Wi-Fi with history in view.
♪ Follow the steps to find what works for you.
♪ Open the list, find networks in your view.
♪ Filter and sort to find the ones for you.
♪ Open recommendations, read the score.
♪ Check recorded presence, then explore more.
♪ Choose a period, see the time in sight.
♪ Check monitoring coverage to read it right.
♪ Add networks to comparison, side by side.
♪ Read their presence with coverage as your guide.
♪ Open the timeline, follow every span.
♪ Check the gaps before you make your plan.
♪ See days and hours, patterns on display.
♪ Check the times you work throughout the day.
♪ Export the report, keep values in sight.
♪ Read the weekly heatmap in its colored light.
♪ Review your sessions, keep your notes on track.
♪ Save your personal rating and look back.
♪ From the tray, re-choose and scan.
♪ Switch to a higher score when you can.
♪ Open Options, choose how networks stay.
♪ Wait for idle traffic along the way.
♪ Run Speedtest, see the transfer rate.
♪ Watch ping and jitter while you wait.
♪ Start latency, watch replies in view.
♪ Stop when enough responses have come through.
♪ Enter a host, see addresses appear.
♪ Read the Windows lookup, the answers are here.
♪ See addresses, gateways, details in view.
♪ Read link speed and DNS servers too.
♪ Trace the destination, hop by hop.
♪ Keep the partial route when you press Stop.
♪ Open Activity Log, results in sight.
♪ Read the saved summaries to get it right.
♪ Compare, choose, check, keep history in view.
♪ Hotspot Observer helps you see it through.
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Measure the connection you chose. In Tools, run Speedtest and watch receiving, sending, HTTP ping and jitter.
Watch latency and reply loss. Run continuous ICMP checks and select Stop when you have enough observations.
Look up a host through Windows. Enter a name or address and inspect the returned IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
Inspect connection details. Review addresses, gateways, DNS servers, connection type and Windows-reported link speed.
Follow the route hop by hop. Trace a destination; Stop preserves a partial result, and some routers may not answer.
Return to saved tool summaries. Open Activity Log to review results and their recorded Wi-Fi attribution.