Google disconnected its services from Xiaomi's smart home: Chinese cameras spy on users

Google has disabled the integration of Xiaomi smart home devices with Nest Hub and Assistant.

What happened

Reason

This was prompted by requests from users who unexpectedly gained access to other people’s cameras.

For example, one of the IP camera ownerssecurity Xiaomi Mijia 1080p Smart, trying to transfer the broadcast to Google Nest Hub, saw images and videos from other people's houses. Another user said that he also saw on the screen the porch of someone else’s house, a sleeping person and a child in a playpen.

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What to do

Xiaomi representatives stated that this is a problemobserved in 1044 users. This is due to a cache update in the latest software update released on December 26th and may occur if your network connection is poor.

Xiaomi has already fixed the bug on its side, Google is still working on it. Until everything is fully debugged, the corporation decided to temporarily disable integration with Mi Home.

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