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"Multiple Ring users even said they weren’t able to get into their homes without access to the phone app, which was down. "

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How Amazon Outage Left Smart Homes Not So Smart After All

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/how-amazon-outage-left-smart-homes-not-so-smart-after-all/ar-AARAEZv

"Affected Amazon services included the voice assistant Alexa and Ring smart-doorbell unit. Irate device users tweeted their frustrations to Ring’s official account, with many complaining that they spent time rebooting or reinstalling their apps and devices before finding out on Twitter that there was a general Amazon Web Services outage.

Others said they weren’t able to turn on their Christmas lights. 👈 😖 😖 😖

Smart lightbulbs stopped responding to voice commands, many people reported."