How to find out the IP address of your Android
In the case of computers, knowing the IP address is really simple . But the process of knowing your Android phone is different. Although the fact is that it may be convenient to know. Also, as you already know, today we come across two types of IP addresses. We will talk about all this below.
Because we show you the way you can get access to the IP address of your Android smartphone . On the other hand, we talk about these types of IP addresses that we find and their differences. So you can know everything you need in this regard.
Differences between public and private IP
When you connect to the Internet using our Android smartphone, you can have two different IP addresses . One of them is the public IP, which is displayed when we browse the Internet. In many cases it is also known as Internet IP, which you have probably heard at times. So it is an IP that is displayed, as if it is public facing, so to speak. It is enabled by the data SIM or the router we are connected to.
Although when we are connected from Android to a wireless network , we also have a private IP address. In this case it is the address assigned to our phone specifically in the specified WiFi network. Also, this IP address is not visible when browsing.
How to know public IP
As for knowing the public IP address on Android, it is somewhat complex, because it is not registered in any settings on the phone itself. In case you want to exercise exhaustive control over this, you can download a device app called My IP Address . It is the application that is responsible for displaying the device’s IP address, both public and private, at all times. So in this sense it may be of interest.
On the other hand, there are websites that also show you the public IP address from a device, such as an Android phone. To do this, you need to access the mentioned website using your phone’s browser. Perhaps one of the most famous in Spain is Miip, available at this link . What the web does is simply display this information on a screen with a public IP address. That’s the purpose it serves.
How to know private IP on Android
If what we want to know is the private IP address of our Android phone, we won’t need to use apps . Because this is data that is displayed in the settings of the device itself. So it is very easy to have access at all times. What steps do you need to follow to access this private IP address?
First we need to enter the settings of our Android phone. Next, we must go to the System section . Inside it, certainly at the end, there is a section called Phone Information, which we need to enter. Next, you need to access the State section.
This section shows a lot of information about the status of our Android smartphone. Among them we find the IMEI, the MAC address of the WiFi network, the battery level and the private IP address , which is the information we are interested in in this case. Therefore, you only need to look for that private IP section. You will be able to see this data there.
There may be Android phones where the steps you follow in the settings will be different . You already know that depending on the brand or version of the operating system, the location of some sections is not always the same. But we will always find the information section of the phone where we will find the private IP address of the phone. This is something that does not change between models.