Mobile Devices and Wi-Fi Networks without Internet Access

Some Launch Monitors create a local Wi-Fi hotspot that the host device connects to directly. These hotspot networks have no internet access - they exist only to carry data between the Launch Monitor and Awesome Golf Simulator.

Android devices (and some iOS devices) actively monitor connected Wi-Fi networks for internet access. When a network has no internet, the device may:

• Automatically switch to a mobile data (cellular) connection instead.
• Prompt the user to confirm they want to stay on the network.
• Switch connections silently, breaking the Launch Monitor connection.

Where a device also has a cellular data connection, maintaining a stable connection to an internet-free Wi-Fi hotspot can be unreliable. To prevent poor user experience from this behaviour, some Launch Monitors that use this connection method are not supported on the Android version of Awesome Golf Simulator.

Awesome Golf Licenses are linked to your Launch Monitor so you can switch between any compatible device with the same Launch Monitor to play Awesome Golf Simulator and mitigate these Internet connection issues.

See the compatibility guide for which Launch Monitors are supported on each platform.