Google has disabled access of Xiaomi devices after a user said he was able to see into the homes of strangers while trying to stream video to his Google Nest Hub.
"We're aware of the issue and are in contact with Xiaomi to work on a fix," Google said in a statement on Friday."In the meantime, we're disabling Xiaomi integrations on our devices."The move comes two days after a Xiaomi camera owner in the Netherlands said he saw still images of homes that aren't his own as he tried to stream video from the smart device to Google Nest Hub.
Read More"Upon investigation, we have found out the issue was caused by a cache update on December 26, 2019, which was designed to improve camera streaming quality," it said.It said the incident the user experienced happened during the integration between Mi Home Security Camera Basic 1080p -- the model the Dutch user owns -- and the Google Home Hub"with a display screen under poor network conditions." It has suspended the integration service until the root cause is solved.
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