Give a terminal a custom name it can be useful not only in “emotional” terms (like a boat), but also because sometimes we need to connect the equipment with an accessory or with another tablet, smartphone or PC, via bluetooth; and having it well identified will undoubtedly serve to make things easier for us. Today we show you how you can baptize a device in any of the three main mobile platforms.
Windows, Android y iOS allow to give a shadow to their terminals in such a way that they are more or less recognizable when we try to contact them through some mechanism wireless or even connect them together with a cable. The denomination is already something that runs on our account, from our own name to a more imaginative one, here we offer you a guide to re-baptize that device that gives us so much on a day-to-day basis.
Rename a Windows 10 PC or tablet
Microsoft has caused the system setup process in Windows 10 is noticeably simpler than its predecessors. However, the type of setup faster does not offer by default the possibility of giving a name to the PC or tablet, but rather assigns it a bar code recognition not especially significant.
To change it we must go to Start> Settings> System> About. Then we just have to click on Rename and write the one we want.
Rename an iPad or iPhone with iOS 9
This option also appears in the section with the general data about the device. To find it we need to go into Settings> General> Information.
Click on 'Name', the first of the possible configurations. If you have not touched it at any time before, the most logical thing is that it simply appears iPad or iPhone, depending on what our iOS device is. There we can change it or simply add something like (in my case) Javier's iPad.
Rename an Android Smartphone or tablet
Curiously, the most customizable system is the one that requires more complications to change the name of one of its devices, since we will need to enter Google Play, either from a PC or from a mobile system but always at the desktop version of the site, that is, using Chrome, Firefox, etc. The Play Store app will not work for us.
From this link or by clicking on the wheel and then on Configuration On the website of the Android app store, we will have access to all the computers within the platform in which we have identified with our Google / Gmail account. By clicking the Edit button, which appears on the right side, we can assign a new name to the smartphone or tablet.
There is another different section and it jumps when we use an Android device with a mobile connection as a point of WiFi anchor. In this case, we are giving identity to the modem that the phone or tablet becomes. To change it, go to Settings> More> Shared Use of the Mobile Network or WiFi Router and touch on the current name. It's something that may vary depending on the manufacturer and its customization layer, but at some point we will come across one of the recognizable terms.