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Originally Posted by John F
I was talking about the Alexa App. Are you sure you can enable/disable it in firmware? I just tried "Alexa, disable sidewalk" and got a message saying there is no skill.
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I wrote that down incorrectly. I probably shouldn’t try writing things before my first pot of coffee in the morning!
As you state it is in the Alexa app rather than in FW. I see no options for individual devices to enable/disable it. Although I assume that for Amazon to implement Amazon Sidewalk, it will have to add the necessary functionality to qualified devices via some kind of FW update. I hope they give us the ability to do a global enable/disable via the Alexa app, as well as give us the ability to select which, if any, devices we desire to enable/disable it on.
In my case, I have no need for Amazon Sidewalk as my home is a small single story house with great WiFi coverage in every room. The only outdoor Alexa device I have is my front porch light, and it is only about 12 feet from the WiFi router so no need to use Amazon Sidewalk (AS) for it either. My other reasons for not wanting to use AS is two fold. One, I don’t have any desire to link my WiFi with my neighbors’ WiFi. Two, I don’t won’t the extra electromagnetic signals from 900 MHz band bouncing around. I’m an amatuer radio operator, a ham, and I already have way too much signal noise to contend with.