The feature will be pushed via Zune update ins the following weeks

Mar 17, 2012 11:01 GMT  ·  By

Surprisingly, not all Nokia Lumia smartphone have tethering support, which a bit unusual for a modern device. The good news is that by the end of the year all Lumia handset will support this feature.

Nokia has just confirmed in a Q&A about Lumia 900, that it will deploy an update soon for both Lumi 710 and 800. Currently, only Nokia Lumia 610 and Lumia 900 come with Wi-Fi hotspot capability.

According to Nokia, the tethering update for Lumia devices will be in coming soon for 800 and 710 via Zune update. Although there's no telling what “soon” means, at least we know that all Lumia device will provide this feature to Windows Phone fans.

In other news, Nokia is expected to release the newly announced Lumia 610 in China. All info points to a possible release on March 28.