That was the case for many owners of the Eight Sleep Pod smart bed, who were left struggling to get comfortable when they lost control of their beds earlier this week. One owner commented online that it “would be great if my bed wasn't stuck in an inclined position due to an AWS outage.” Another noted that they were unable to access the bed’s environmental controls and thus were “sleeping in a sauna.”
How did this week’s Internet outage affect smart bed owners?
Answer: By leaving some of them unable to control their beds.
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The majority of the time, smart home technology makes our lives easier. But when, say, a massive Internet outage suddenly renders those devices unresponsive, it can make for some (literally) sleepless nights.
That was the case for many owners of the Eight Sleep Pod smart bed, who were left struggling to get comfortable when they lost control of their beds earlier this week. One owner commented online that it “would be great if my bed wasn't stuck in an inclined position due to an AWS outage.” Another noted that they were unable to access the bed’s environmental controls and thus were “sleeping in a sauna.”
Eight Sleep was fortunately quick to respond and get its customers back to their restful snoozing. The company appears to have learned its lesson, stating it is “currently outage-proofing” its products to make sure this doesn’t happen again.
That was the case for many owners of the Eight Sleep Pod smart bed, who were left struggling to get comfortable when they lost control of their beds earlier this week. One owner commented online that it “would be great if my bed wasn't stuck in an inclined position due to an AWS outage.” Another noted that they were unable to access the bed’s environmental controls and thus were “sleeping in a sauna.”
