[3] The idea of the Amazon Sidewalk wireless network originated from a startup called Iotera, founded by Rob Barton and Ben Wild.

[1][5][3] The network is composed of existing customers' Echo smart speakers which act as the bridges between Sidewalk and the Internet.

[7] In May 2021, Amazon and Tile announced plans to use Sidewalk to compete with the AirTag tracker device and associated location service from Apple.

[8] CareBand starts a pilot with Sidewalk to support people living with dementia in smart neighborhoods.

[10] A number of prominent news publishers, including The Guardian,[13] ArsTechnica,[11] CNET,[14] PCMag,[15] Click2Houston,[16] and Bleeping Computer,[17] expressed concern with opt-out nature of the network and published guides how to disable Amazon Sidewalk.