Amazon opens its Sidewalk bandwidth-sharing network to third-party devices

Jan 5 2023 by Engadget

Several years ago Amazon unveiled the controversial Sidewalk network, designed to connect outdoor smart home tech beyond your WiFi range using Amazon Ring, Echo and other devices. Now, the company has announced that Sidewalk finally has the needed "coverage and tools" ready to make the service available to third-party developers, and will be showing it offer with a number of products at CES 2023. 

Sidewalk uses not just your own Ring and Echo devices, but those from your neighbors as well....

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