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Amazon Sidewalk is activating on Echo devices, even if you don’t switch it on – CNET
The Wi-Fi-sharing feature, which uses your bandwidth to create a farther-reaching public network, is going live soon.
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If you have a new Amazon Echo smart speaker, a Ring Spotlight Cam or a Ring Floodlight Cam, you might want to check your app settings: Amazon is automatically switching Sidewalk, a feature that slices off some of your Wi-Fi bandwidth to create a farther-reaching network for Amazon devices using Bluetooth or 900MHz radio signals to communicate, to “on” in the Alexa app.
Amazon Sidewalk has the potential to increase the range of your smart home devices — making them more reliable…
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