# Sunsetting spoton: Android 16 killed the hotspot toggle trick

DevFeed: [Sunsetting spoton: Android 16 killed the hotspot toggle trick](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/sunsetting-spoton-android-16-killed-the-hotspot-toggle-trick-25586.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.marcogomiero.com/posts/2025/spoton-sunset/>)

Author: Marco Gomiero

Published: 2025-12-16T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Posts on Marco Gomiero](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/posts-on-marco-gomiero.md>)

Topics: [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [Wi-Fi](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/wi-fi.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [android-16](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android-16.md>), [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [hotspot](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hotspot.md>), [wi-fi](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/wi-fi.md>)

## AI overview

The author explains why the spoton Wear OS and companion phone app is being sunset. The app used reflection to call hidden Android tethering APIs and let users toggle a phone hotspot from a watch. Android 16 moved the relevant methods and added a permission limited to system apps, preventing the approach from working for a normal Play Store app.

## Source excerpt

spoton is getting sunset. I started this project because I had a very specific (and very lazy) problem: I wanted to enable my phone hotspot without taking my phone out of my pocket. I do it often when I'm travelling or working somewhere without stable Wi-Fi, and every time it was the same ritual: unlock phone, quick settings, find the hotspot tile, toggle, put phone away. At some point, I thought: "This should be a button on my wrist."