As much the connected house can improve comfort and save money, it can lead to new unforeseen events.

In Germany, an Amazon Echo speaker apparently decided on its own to play music all overnight while its owner was absent.The neighbors called the police to put an end to the nocturnal noise.

The owner of the enclosure ensures that he did not activate the reading remotely.A hypothesis put forward by customer service is that Alexa has interpreted as a vocal order a discussion in the street, but the owner retorts that he lives on the sixth floor and that his windows were closed.The cause therefore remains unknown for the time.

Another misadventure arrived yesterday to a French: all its home automation equipment no longer responds."This morning, it is impossible to open my shutters, my alarm, my door, return to the manual, all my house is down ...", writes the user.It is not the manufacturer of the home automation solution (Somfy in this case) that is responsible, but OVH that hosts the services and faces a big breakdown.

The inhabitant explains in other tweets that he is not truly stuck in his house, but that he must get hold of batteries for the rescue remote control and that he remembers how to use it."I just took 30 minutes to open my shutters 😄," he said, smiling.