Xiaomi just announced Mi Box S, its latest 4K box powered by Android TV. This is the successor of Mi Box that was introduced in the US back in 2016. It runs Android TV 8.1, comes with voice remote with Netflix shortcut, Assistant button, app shortcut and supports Google Assistant for easy voice search, and has built-in Chromecast. It also comes with 4K HDR support.
Since it has a powerful Quad-Core processor, you can play Android games downloaded from the Google Play Store.
Xiaomi Mi Box S specifications
- 60fps 4K HDR video decoding
- Quad-Core ARM Cortex-A53 CPU and Mali 450 GPU
- 2GB DDR3 RAM and 8GB eMMC flash
- Android 8.1
- Dolby Digital Plus + DTS surround sound
- Bluetooth voice remote with Google Assistant
- Dimensions: 95.25 x 95.25mm x 16.7mm; Weight: 147g
- Wi-Fi 802.11ac (2.4GHz/5GHz), Bluetooth 4.2
- HDMI 2.0a x 1 port (HDCP 2.2), USB 2.0 x 1, audio out x 1
- VP9，H.265，H.264，MPEG1/2/4，VC-1，Real8/9/10
The Xiaomi Mi Box S is priced at $59.99 (Rs. 4,445 approx.), available for pre-order from Walmart in the US and ships from November.