Amazon just opened up its Sidewalk network for anyone to build connected gadgets on

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A Sidewalk coverage map claims the network reaches over 90 percent of the US population. | Image: Amazon

It turns out that I have a low-power, low-bandwidth, long-range IoT network all around me, ready and waiting for my smart gadgets to jump on. Today, Amazon revealed just how far its Sidewalk IoT network penetrates the average American neighborhood.

And it’s deep.

The company’s first Sidewalk coverage map claims that over 90 percent of the US population can access the now public network (it’s limited to the US only). Using a Sidewalk developer test kit supplied by Amazon, I drove around my town to confirm this data and, over three days of traveling more than 40 miles, found that the connectivity was surprisingly strong in my corner of South Carolina, even in the wilds of a national forest.

Image: Jennifer Pattison...

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source https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/28/23659191/amazon-sidewalk-network-coverage

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