The federal government's exemption for Amazon paves the way for the tech giant to monitor users' movements in the bedroom with extreme precision - all without users having to press a button.
Mr. Repasi's letter to Amazon on Friday, first obtained by Bloomberg, noted that Amazon indicated its devices would be "Nonmobile" and function only when connected to a power source.
Amazon officials told the FCC that the "Higher degree of resolution and location precision" offered by the planned devices would help users better estimate sleep quality and improve their awareness and management of "Sleep hygiene." The company's officials also argued the tech could be of use to users with physical impairments.
Amazon's new devices could create a product that competes with existing activity trackers without forcing users to wear a product as they sleep.
Adding activity-tracking capabilities to Amazon's Alexa-enabled devices provides an avenue for Amazon to challenge other companies vying for sleep-tracking users' business.
Amazon's touchless radar technology for users' bedrooms is likely to raise concerns about hackers invading the privacy users expect in their bedrooms.
In granting Amazon's waiver, the FCC noted it previously gave a waiver to Google in 2018 that the company used to deploy a mobile radar in its Pixel smartphone to enable touchless control of the device.
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