AWS Outage Disrupts Smart Mattress Users' Sleep: How Amazon's Cloud Failure Affected Connected Devices

Oct 23, 2025 09:17 pm CST

An Amazon Web Services outage left Eight Sleep's smart mattress users experiencing uncomfortable nights with overheated and immobilized mattress covers. The incident highlights the growing dependence of everyday devices on cloud infrastructure, as numerous internet services including streaming platforms and applications were simultaneously affected across the United States.