Security News > 2020 > January > Don't Xiaomi pics of other people's places! Chinese kitmaker fingers dodgy Boxing Day cache update after Google banishes it from Home

Xiaomi has blamed some post-Christmas cache digestion problems after finding itself plonked on the naughty step by Google - which blocked the Chinese tech conglomerate's devices from its Nest Hub and Assistant last night.

The Xiaomi Mijia 1080P Smart IP Security Camera retails for £38 on Amazon, and can be bought from Chinese retailers like BangGoood and GearBest for about $25. Dio-V says he bought his camera new from AliExpress, and it was running the latest firmware version.

For its part, Google has contacted the Redditor affected, and promptly disabled Xiaomi's integrations.

It told several outlets late last night: "We're aware of the issue and are in contact with Xiaomi to work on a fix. In the meantime, we're disabling Xiaomi integrations on our devices."

The main difference here is that Xiaomi isn't a fly-by-night operator flogging rebranded and unsupported OEM kit, and is actually taking action.

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