Smart home systems can lower your lights, change your temperature, and even start playing any tune you can think of. Strange smart home stories have also proliferated as these gadgets grow more prevalent.
For instance, while many users gush about how convenient having virtual assistant technology around the house is, some have accounts that tell of odd times - from amusing to downright terrifying. So if interested, read on, but this is best experienced with your PLDT Home broadband - now, dim the lights, play on some “spoopy” music, and enjoy! But wait, if you’re wondering what “spoopy” means, it is an Internet slang term used to describe something that is “spooky” but in a comical or cute way.
Here are some of the “spoopy” things that people’s smart home systems have ever done.
Going commando.
A voice assistant user once claimed how his "assistant" frightened him and his wife while they were getting ready for bed. The smart home system device's blue ring lighted up, signifying that she had heard her order without any prodding from either individual. She then started to emit what was characterized as a "wail, like a child wailing in a horror-movie dream."
Listening in.
A man observed that one of his smart home devices was waking up at odd moments. In investigating, he discovered nearly all of his household activities were being recorded by this device, adding timestamps before transferring the recordings to a server.
When the user reported the problem, a device representative swiftly fixed it. Some early models reportedly had a bug that led the units to believe they had been triggered by a touch command, leading them to start recording randomly. The representative made the gadgets work by making it such that users had to pronounce a wake word to activate them instead of just touching them.
So who is it?
It is really frustrating when a discussion wakes you up, especially if it happens early in the morning. And when you are the only person at home, it is much more aggravating. But when your voice assistant speaks to someone, it starts to feel unsettling.
This is particularly true when this device uses a name that no one in the house uses. Maybe she's speaking to your friendly neighborhood ghost in this instance? It is definitely unsettling and likely to cause future sleeplessness.
They talk with each other.
Many individuals receive either a voice assistant or an app-controlled device for Christmas. People who got both made the startling revelation that they could actually talk to one another.
The app allegedly said, "I like her blue light," when asked what it thought of the voice assistant, to which the latter replied, "Thanks." Another user shared transcripts of a chat - her app said, "I enjoy her nice blue light. Plus, we have an enthusiasm for Star Wars."
What’s the “spoopiest” thing that your smart home system has ever done?