Nest doorbell locks man out of his home after mistaking his Batman shirt for an intruder

One of Nest Hello‘s best features is it’s ability to recognize strangers and lock the door, providing its users with a sense of safety and security. Though, this feature recently went awry when a Nest apparently mistook a t-shirt for an intruder.

While wearing a Batman shirt, B.J. May claims he was locked out of his home by his Nest when the device picked up Batman’s face instead of his own.

May shared a screenshot from his nest app on Twitter on Monday. “My @nest doorbell automatically locks the front door when it sees a face it doesn’t recognize. Today it didn’t recognize me, so I went into the app to investigate and…” Read more…

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