What is Amazon Sidewalk?

Amazon Sidewalk is a shared network that helps devices work better at home and beyond the front door.

Amazon Sidewalk is a shared network that helps devices work better. You can use Amazon Sidewalk to simplify device setup, find lost items, and more. Amazon Sidewalk is optional and can be turned off at any time. It comes at no additional cost and has a capped data usage of 0.15% of average US household internet use, which is less than streaming about 10 minutes of 4K video. To learn more, go to Welcome to Amazon Sidewalk.

To opt in or out of Amazon Sidewalk:

  1. Open the Alexa app .
  2. Open More and select Settings.
  3. Select Account Management.
  4. Select Amazon Sidewalk.
  5. Turn Amazon Sidewalk on or off for your account.

Note: When you turn Amazon Sidewalk on or off, the same setting will be applied to all of your devices. The website version of the Alexa app does not show this setting.

If your Ring and Amazon accounts are linked, your Sidewalk preferences on either app will apply to all of your eligible Echo and Ring devices. To see if your Ring account is linked to your Amazon account:

  1. Open the Ring app.
  2. Select Menu, then Account.
  3. Select Linked Accounts.

The Sidewalk setting in your Alexa app only appears when you have a compatible Echo device linked to your Amazon account.

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