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Android TV Xiaomi Mi Box could be a Chromecast Ultra rival

Android TV Xiaomi Mi Box could be a Chromecast Ultra rival

With Xiaomi's commitment to bringing innovation to everyone, the $69 price tag of Mi Box is set to disrupt the USA market for products that deliver a richer television experience. Apple TV, which doesn't support 4K or HDR, starts at $149.

The Mi Box is equipped with a quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 CPU and Mali 450 GPU, as well as a 2GB DDR3 RAM and 8GB eMMC flash, and offers powerful performance for the ideal streaming and gaming experience.

More specifically, it's bringing the $69 Mi Box to Walmart, which is the exclusive U.S. distributor apart from Xiaomi's own Web store. For those who would rather pick up the Xiaomi Mi Box from Walmart, it looks like we have some more details on its availability as we have received word that the Mi Box will be back on Walmart store shelves from October 10. Users can also add additional storage to Mi Box via USB.

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The Mi Box is Xiaomi's first USA product. The platform was pretty rough around the edges when it launched, especially as Google always prioritized its own content in searches, but has recently grown a little less biased (although not anywhere as universal as Roku).

Choose from thousands of movies using popular media streaming services such as Netflix, Hulu, HBO, Showtime and VUDU.

The Mi Box's remote is powered by Bluetooth, which means slightly worse battery life compared to an infrared remote, but much better accuracy. "We are thrilled to bring Mi Box to our fans in the U.S.in collaboration with Google". Unless you're very particular about Android gaming, you should be just fine. It's one of the only truly affordable Android TV set-top boxes that are available for purchase right now. The Bluetooth remote can also be used as a controller for the huge catalog of games available for Android TV.

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