We commend Google for responding to this within a day of it coming into light on Twitter and closing the floodgates so it can work on the problem.Īt the same time, this is certainly a strange bug that could have some users re-consider their choice to use the Google Photos service to store personal images. Not only has Google disabled the Ambient Mode screensaver from working with Google Photos, it has completely disabled the ability to Cast Google Photos to any Android TV until it can sort this problem out (you can still cast Google Photos to a Chromecast). While we investigate this bug, we have disabled the ability to remotely cast via the Google Assistant or view photos from Google Photos on Android TV devices. We take our users’ privacy extremely seriously. Since the incident, which was first reported early Sunday morning by the Twitter user, Google has provided XDA-Developers with a statement regarding the bug. Google has caught wind of the situation and immediately disabled the Ambient Mode screensaver from working with Google Photos and disabled the ability to Cast devices using Google Assistant as a precaution from it continuing to occur.

SERIOUSLY WHAT THE F*CK?! /VbMmb3B2Qp- prashanth March 3, 2019 Private of strangers are being shown to me in the ambient mode screensaver. He claims he was even able to see some of these strangers’ photos appear on his TV’s Ambient Mode screensaver. Essentially, the user entered the TV’s linked accounts on the Google Home app only to find a long list of strangers’ names that scrolled endlessly. Early Sunday, a user Tweeted proof of a major bug on his Vu Android TV.

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