Your Amazon Echo Will Share Your Wi-Fi Network With Neighbors, Unless You Opt Out
The company says its Sidewalk system extends the range of low-bandwidth devices by pooling neighbors' Wi-Fi to improve connectivity. It's all in the customer's interest, Amazon says.
Amazon is building a Wi-Fi network â using your Wi-Fi.
It's called Amazon Sidewalk, and the company touts it as a way to help its devices work better, by extending the range of low-bandwidth devices to help them stay online.
It does that by pooling neighbors' Wi-Fi to help connectivity for devices that are out of range.
The network already includes certain Ring Floodlightto the network on Tuesday. Ring Doorbell Pro devices will be able to Sidewalk, too.
