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Amazon Sidewalk is switching on in your Alexa app, whether you want it or not – CNET
The Wi-Fi-sharing feature will give your devices (and potentially your neighbors’) better range than ever before. But if you don’t want to participate, you need…
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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 Alexa 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,” whether you want it or not.
Amazon Sidewalk has the potential to increase the range of your smart home devices — making…
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