Be it at airports, inside trains, at convenience stores or cafes, this app connects you to public Wi-Fi all over Japan.
All you need to do is download the app and register once. No need configure for any Wi-Fi spots!
If it is a Wi-Fi you have connected to even once, then no configuring is required in that Wi-Fi spot! As soon as you get to the Wi-Fi spot, you can use the Internet.
Notifies you via a pop-up message as soon as you are connected to Wi-Fi.
It is lightweight in performance and conserves more battery power compared to our previous apps. You can use public Wi-Fi more easily, comfortably, and with peace of mind.
[Features of Japan Wi-Fi Auto-connect]
The corresponding Wi-Fi service is available at the likes of public transit and facilities at stations, airports, etc., and at trade outlets of convenience and department stores, etc. offering highly reliable public Wi-Fi service. The service will automatically connect you only to those access points that are secure, trustworthy, and from reliable providers.
Does not connect to the so-called "spoofing access points". These Wi-Fi points are disguised as legitimate access points, making it hard for customers using Wi-Fi to detect.
You can view sightseeing information, information regarding shop services, disaster information, etc. relevant to the Wi-Fi service coverage area.
I think many people downloading this app don’t understand the function of it but when you do it serves a purpose.
First of all this app does not just auto connect you to a wifi network. The purpose of this app is to allow you to join a free WiFi network without having to enter your email address or register every time. This app (if you register) basically acts as your registration for any free wifi.
What this app does is give you the nearest wifi to your location. When you enter the location offering the free wifi for the first time this app will NOT auto connect you to it, what you need to do is open your wifi and click on the wifi network….what this app then does is remove the need for you to register or enter any information to join that network and you will be instantly connected to the app.
If you were to then return to that wifi location the following day THEN you would auto connect to it.
The app serves a purpose but please do not download this thinking that by having it your phone will auto connect to any wifi you happen to be near to as it will not.
Overall is this a a great app?……I was in Japan for a week and all it did was save me a minute or 2 entering my details to join a free wifi network. I never felt the need to have to open it to find a nearby wifi network on the map so can’t even say that it was worth it for this reason.
There are to many unlimited tourist data sim options at very good prices for your trip to Japan so to be honest I hardly needed wifi during my trip.
Mostly useless
Not sure what the intended behaviour of this app is meant to be as all it did for me was show potential hotspots on a map. Whatever autojoin capability it was meant to have didnt function at all.
I’d have maybe kept it just for the hotspot map but there were so many adverts when using it (deviously inserted into real results as well - nasty) that I deleted it shortly after installation.
