Last year, Amazon announced Sidewalk, a shared network designed to keep
your smart devices connected beyond the reach of the typical WiFi router.
In order to do that, it—ll utilize certain devices as —Sidewalk
Bridge— connections, such as Ring cameras and Echo products. Sidewalk
isn—t live just yet, but the company has started informing customers
last week that existing Echo devices will have this Sidewalk connectivity
enabled by default. Amazon does note, however, that you can choose to opt
out. And if you do so now, you can turn it off before Sidewalk goes
live.–
To disable this feature, you need to have the latest Alexa app. From
there, you can go into settings, account settings, and then select Amazon
Sidewalk. Then you can simply toggle the feature on or off as you wish.– …
