When Amazon was launched several years ago, it was a website that sold just books, however, within one month of its inception, the company had already shipped out books to more than forty different nations across the globe. Since that time, Amazon has grown into one of the world’s largest e-commerce companies, accounting for around 44% of total e-commerce sales in the United States 4 years ago.
If you’re wondering how all of this managed to happen, innovation is the answer. Amazon’s success is simply down to its innovative technologies and practices, many of which were masterminded by its vibrant CEO, Jeff Bezos. Let’s take a look at the Echo, Amazon’s impressive voice command device, for example, it can be used to play music, research your favourite football team, and will even check the weather with a few spoken words from you.
Common sense will surely drive potential users to this product, and it was no surprise when 22 million Echo units were sold in 2024 alone. Amazon’s progressive mindset doesn’t always yield result, but this has not stopped the company from trying out new things, including the brand new Amazon Sidewalk package you might already know about.
For those who do not know, Amazon Sidewalk is a shared public mesh network developed to extend the connectivity and reliability of low-bandwidth smart devices, when they are not within range or when your Wi-Fi starts acting up.
To guarantee this wide-range shared network, Amazon collects a little portion of internet bandwidth from homes with Sidewalk-enabled devices, eventually creating one huge public mesh network. The service works by transforming devices like Echo speakers and Ring cameras into what the company calls Sidewalk Bridges – just see them as network bridges that keep everything connected. See How To Disable And Opt Out Of Amazon Sidewalk:
How Can I Turn Off Amazon Sidewalk?
By default, compatible devices automatically have Sidewalk activated. However, if you wish to opt-out of the service, you can enable or disable it quickly through the Alexa and Ring applications.
On The Alexa App:
- On your smartphone, launch the Alexa application and click “More.”
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- Choose “Settings,” and then “Account Settings.”
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- Click “Amazon Sidewalk” and click “Disable.”
On The Ring App:
- On your smartphone, launch the Ring application and click the three lines in the upper left-hand corner of your display.
- Choose “Control Center” and then click “Sidewalk.”
- Click the Sidewalk slider button.
- Confirm your decision in the display that will be visible.
That is that.
