SEVERAL people have experienced trouble with their smart thermostat, but not in a way that you would expect.
An Ecobee thermostat, integrated with Amazon's Alexa for voice commands, has reportedly been playing music randomly.
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A TikTok user (@violet.the.ausshole) took to social media to post her peculiar experience with the smart thermostat.
With over 800,000 views, the video zooms into the Ecobee thermostat as music plays in the background.
The video subtitles read: "tried setting up our new amazon echo system," followed by "and now the thermostat is playing Santeria by Sublime."
The TikTok poster captioned her video: "This is some black mirror nonsense," which alludes to the Netflix show Black Mirror, in which future technology goes awry and causes problems.
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SIMILAR STRUGGLES
Several users commented on the original post, amused by the situation or expressing similar problems with the device.
One user commented: "Ours was supposed to be completely disconnected from everything and started playing the Paw Patrol theme out of nowhere!"
Another comment read: "lol I accidentally did this & that’s how we figured out our thermostat could play music."
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Others were impressed with the sound quality of the thermostat, with one commenting: "the sound quality is better than expected (but I never expected?)."
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In response, the video creator wrote back: "same, like 1. why does the thermostat play music and 2. why is it better sound quality than my actual bluetooth speaker."
REDDIT COMPLAINTS
On other platforms like Reddit, users have expressed similar issues with the Ecobee smart thermostat.
One complained that, despite not even having a Spotify account, their thermostat would randomly play top hits on Spotify at 1 am.
They wrote: "Really wish ecobee would not automatically expose itself as a music speaker. It's really not purpose built for it."
Another Reddit user said that their Ecobee was playing audio from their Apple TV.
To fix this issue, one user commented to do the following: "Alexa app > Devices > select the room it’s in > scroll down to Speakers to select which play music.”
Others took to Reddit to complain about issues with Alexa's ability to change the thermometer's temperature via voice commands.
Regarding customer complaints about music randomly playing, Ecobee said: "this is not a common issue,” in a statement to the Daily Dot.
“It can be resolved with Alexa voice commands or controlling the music on Alexa or music apps like Spotify that may be connected on the same network via Alexa, Bluetooth, or AirPlay.”
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