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How to use Microsoft’s AI Copilot, laptop microphones, and Amazon Sidewalk

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Amazon Sidewalk: A Low-Bandwidth Long Range Wireless Network for the Smart Home

Sidewalk is a low bandwidth long range wireless network developed to support low power devices. It uses these low power radios, including Laura and Bluetooth Low Energy. But in order to communicate to the internet, it actually needs the internet. So people are still kind of mad about it because Sidewalk does use your bandwidth.

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