Google is set to discontinue Android Instant Apps by the end of 2025. They were first introduced in 2016 and made available to users in early 2017.

Instant Hotspot works with phones running Android 11 or newer, with one notable exception: Samsung devices. According to Google, Instant Hotspot will not be available on any Samsung devices.

Android Go And Samsung Devices Are Exempted From The Fun Android Go devices won't have access to Cross-Device Services, which means they intrinsically won't be able to use Instant Hotspot.

Android is starting to roll out more cross-device features, and manufacturers are finally adopting them. Samsung is the first major player to integrate Android's Instant Hotspot feature.

Tethering Android devices to each other is typically easier if they’re from the same brand, but thanks to Android’s Instant Hotspot feature, Samsung’s new Galaxy S25 lineup will play quite ...

That said, Android’s Instant Hotspot will not work on Samsung devices. As spotted by Android Authority, Google itself confirmed this in the blog section dedicated to the feature.

Google announced a new tool called the Instant Hotspot for Android devices in a Feature Drop last month. The feature lets you instantly connect to another device’s internet connection with just ...

The streaming Android Instant Apps technology leverages Google’s monopoly in search engines. Instant Apps allows developers to upgrade their existing apps to become modular and streaming-compatible.

Android Studio’s Otter update will retire Instant Apps The Otter Feature Drop is the next major update to Android Studio, particularly with the version number 2025.1.2 and codenamed Narwhal.

It’s not clear why this isn’t available to Samsung users. Typically, any Android Drop Feature should work on all Google-certified Android phones with Google Play Services.