Emojis and Connectify

Use emojis to give color to your Connectify Hotspot

You can use emoji in your hotspot name. Any emoji can be used, including any of these:

😀 😃 😄 😁 😆 😅 😂 🤣 😊 😇 🙂 🙃 😉 😌 😍 😘 😗 😙 😚 😋 😜 😝 😛 🤑 🤗 🤓 😎

Just add your favorite emoji(s) when you are setting up the hotspot's name.

Using emojis in 3 steps

1. On the Hotspot screen, click in the Hotspot name box where you want the emoji. (If the hotspot is running, click Edit hotspot first.)

2. Press the Windows logo key + . (period) to open Windows' emoji panel, and choose your emoji.

3. Click Start hotspot (or Apply and restart) to see your named hotspot with the chosen emoji.

Things to Know About Emojis

• It's Unicode! You can use any of the standard languages or emojis.
• Emojis take up room. A hotspot name can be up to 32 bytes long, which is the limit for every Wi-Fi network name. Letters and numbers take one byte each, but most emoji take four, and some (such as flags, or emoji with a skin tone) take eight or more. So only a few emoji fit, especially on Hotspot Lite (free), where the name starts with "Connectify-", which uses 11 of the 32 bytes. If a name is too long, Connectify Hotspot shortens it, without cutting an emoji in half.
• Most computers and phones support Unicode and emojis. Some older devices, smart TVs and game consoles may show boxes or jumbled characters instead.
• Windows' emoji panel isn't the only way. You can cut and paste emojis from sites like getemoji.com and emojifaces.org if you want.
• How they look depends on the software that's looking at them. So iPhones show slightly different images than Android or Windows, for example.

Learn more about setting a custom name for your hotspot.

Have fun!