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Amazon Sidewalk Gateways

Sidewalk Gateways (sometimes referred to as Sidewalk Bridges) are Amazon devices like select Echo and Ring devices that support the Sidewalk protocol. These gateways route data between the Sidewalk endpoint devices and the Sidewalk Network Server. When using a Sidewalk gateway, a small portion of the user’s internet bandwidth is shared with the community to provide connectivity to a group of Sidewalk-enabled devices.

For Ring devices, support for Sidewalk can be enabled or disabled from the Ring app (or Ring Website). And for Echo devices, support for Sidewalk can be enabled or disabled from the Alexa app. For more information, see Setting up a Sidewalk gateway

The Amazon Echo (4th Gen) device is the recommended Amazon Sidewalk gateway for development purposes. Other Echo devices like the Echo Show 10, Echo Dot (5th Gen) and Ring devices like Ring Video Doorbell Pro 2 & Ring Floodlight Cam Wired Pro also have the capability to act as Sidewalk Gateways. The table below provides a list of Sidewalk Gateway devices and the supported communication protocols.

Regional Restrictions: The Sidewalk Network is available only in the United States of America. In order to ensure compliance with regional spectral regulations, Echo and Ring devices have been designed to disable Sidewalk gateway functionalities in all countries except the United States of America.

Additional Notes on Echo Devices: If multiple Echo devices are registered under a single Amazon account, only one of the gateways will operate as a FSK gateway, even if more than one gateway has the capability. If more than one gateway is required, then they need to be set up under separate Amazon accounts.

List of Sidewalk Gateways

Sidewalk-enabled Gateways BLE SubG-CSS SubG-FSK
Echo (4th Generation) Yes Yes Yes
Echo Dot (5th Gen) Yes No No
Echo Show 5 (3rd Gen) Yes No No
Echo Show 5 Kids Yes No No
Echo Pop Yes No No
Echo Dot with clock (5th Gen) Yes No No
Echo Hub Yes Yes No
Echo Show 10 Yes Yes Yes
Echo Show 15 Yes No No
Echo Show 5 (2nd Gen) Yes No No
Echo Show 8 (2nd Gen) Yes No No
Ring Video Doorbell Pro 2 Yes Yes Yes
Ring Floodlight cam No Yes Yes
Ring Spotlight Cam Wired No Yes Yes
Ring Floodlight Cam Wired Pro Yes Yes Yes
Ring Video Doorbell Pro Yes No No
Echo Dot (4th Gen) Yes No No
Echo Dot with Clock (4th Gen) Yes No No
Echo Show 5 Yes No No
Echo Show 8 Yes No No
Echo Flex Yes No No
Echo Studio Yes No No
Echo (3rd Gen) Yes No No
Echo Dot (3rd Gen) Yes No No
Echo Dot with Clock (3rd Gen) Yes No No
Echo Input Yes No No
Echo Spot Yes No No
Echo Dot (2nd Gen) Yes No No
Echo Plus (2nd Gen) Yes No No
Echo Show (2nd Gen) Yes No No
Echo Plus (1st Gen) Yes No No

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