Eight Sleep introduced Backup Mode on October 22, 2025, allowing the app to control critical Pod functions directly over Bluetooth when cloud infrastructure is unavailable.

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"Eight Sleep introduced Backup Mode on October 22, 2025, allowing the app to control critical Pod functions directly over Bluetooth when cloud infrastructure is unavailable."

Eight Sleep says Backup Mode establishes a direct Bluetooth connection during outages and permits functions including temperature adjustment and flattening the Base without cloud connectivity.

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Source title Making the Pod outage-proof: what we built, how it works, and why it matters

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Source year 2025

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