Your internet slows or drops. Your session stays.

Failoverly keeps calls, streams, and online sessions connected through outages and sudden slowdowns—even when Wi-Fi says "connected". It automatically switches to your iPhone hotspot over USB and back.

Join before launch for your first month free.
US$6.99/month after that. Requires a Mac and an iPhone connected over USB.

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One session. Two ways online.

Wi-Fi Active

iPhone hotspot (USB) Ready

Failoverly VPN servers Encrypted tunnel from your Mac

Same online session Still connected

Your iPhone hotspot is ready.

Backup internet for Mac: calls, streams, and more

Work calls & online coaching

The call freezes. Your reputation shouldn’t.

Dropped calls on Zoom, Microsoft Teams, or Google Meet leave everyone waiting. Keep colleagues engaged and give paying clients the time they booked.

Webinars & live streaming

Hold their attention to the last frame.

An unstable connection can cause bitrate drops and dropped frames in your OBS stream on Twitch. Keep your audience with you through your sign-off.

Online gaming

Don’t leave your team a player down.

Lag spikes and disconnects hit hardest mid-match. Stay in the game, make the next play, and be there when your teammates need you.

Developers & DevOps

Your SSH session outlives the outage.

A dropped connection and a “broken pipe” error mid-deploy can mean costly recovery. Keep configuring, deploying, and troubleshooting without reconnecting.

Traders

The price moves. You’re ready.

Connection delays shouldn’t decide your next move. Stay connected to your trading platform to react when prices change, adjust positions, and manage risk.

How automatic internet failover works on your Mac

Set up your iPhone hotspot.

Connect via USB and enable Personal Hotspot. Keep using your usual internet connection until backup is needed.
Let the Failoverly app watch your connection.

The app runs in your Mac’s menu bar and monitors latency and packet loss. It can switch to your iPhone hotspot during outages or sudden slowdowns, even while Wi-Fi stays connected.
Keep your session going.

An encrypted VPN tunnel through Failoverly’s servers keeps your online sessions connected as traffic moves to your iPhone hotspot.
Switch back. Save cellular data.

When your main connection recovers, Failoverly automatically switches back to save cellular data and help avoid unnecessary mobile data charges.

When you need a backup internet connection

If your internet is rock-solid, you don’t need Failoverly.

For flaky Wi-Fi at home, unreliable hotel Wi-Fi while traveling, or congested public Wi-Fi in cafés and coworking spaces. A backup internet connection helps remote workers and digital nomads stay connected when it matters.

Internet failover
for Mac: FAQ

The setup, the tradeoffs,
and what happens next.

What is Failoverly?

Failoverly is an automatic internet failover app for macOS. If your internet keeps disconnecting or has sudden slowdowns, it automatically switches your Mac to your iPhone hotspot over USB—even while Wi-Fi stays connected. Your online sessions stay connected, so you don’t need to log in again just because the connection changed.

Apple’s Auto-Join Hotspot can connect a Mac to a nearby hotspot when a Wi-Fi network isn’t available. It reconnects your Mac, but doesn’t guarantee that your current call or online session stays connected during the switch. Its Automatic setting is available in macOS Tahoe 26 and later. Failoverly also responds when your primary connection is still available but becomes unreliable.

Failoverly is currently in prelaunch; join the waitlist to hear when it’s available.

What if my Mac’s Wi-Fi keeps dropping during video calls?

Failoverly provides automatic Wi-Fi failover through your iPhone hotspot over USB when your internet keeps cutting out. It keeps your calls connected using the backup connection; it doesn’t repair your Wi-Fi or your internet provider’s connection.

What do I need to use Failoverly?

Failoverly runs only on macOS. You need a Mac, your usual internet connection, and an iPhone connected over USB with Personal Hotspot enabled. This is USB tethering. Cellular coverage and a data plan that supports Personal Hotspot are required. Keep the USB cable connected while you want backup protection.

Your primary connection can be any internet connection your Mac uses, including Wi-Fi or Ethernet. At launch, Android phones and wireless tethering aren’t supported as backup connections.

Will my call or session disconnect when it switches?

Failoverly is designed to keep your call or session connected during the switch. A brief pause is possible; your iPhone needs working cellular service.

It can also switch during sudden slowdowns while Wi-Fi remains connected. Failoverly doesn’t speed up your internet connection or guarantee lower ping. It can’t resolve problems with the online service itself or keep you online if both connections fail.

How much cellular data will Failoverly use?

A one-to-one 720p Zoom call can use roughly 180 MB of video data in 10 minutes—about 1 GB per hour. Estimate based on Zoom’s published peak rates; actual total data usage varies.

Failoverly automatically switches back when your main connection recovers to help save cellular data. Check your data plan’s hotspot allowance and any extra charges with your carrier.

How is Failoverly different from channel bonding?

Channel bonding apps such as Speedify use multiple internet connections at once to combine bandwidth.

Failoverly focuses on keeping sessions connected. It moves traffic to the backup connection when your main connection drops or becomes unreliable, then switches back when it recovers. It does not add the two connections’ speeds together.

How does Failoverly keep sessions connected, and is my connection secure?

Your traffic passes through an encrypted VPN tunnel to servers we operate. Those servers maintain the connection to your online services while your Mac changes networks, so the session stays connected.

The tunnel adds encryption between your Mac and our servers, including on public Wi-Fi. Connections from our servers to online services use those services’ own security, such as HTTPS.

Give your next online session a backup plan.