After a couple of months of slowly leaking info on the imminent release of the Xiaomi Mi TV Stick 4k, it appears that the new streaming device has received EEC certification.
And is already being listed for pre-order within Europe at least.
It’s release to the European market with SKU: PFJ4098EU (it’s listed as SKU PFJ4100US in the USA) and reference number MDZ-24-AA seems closer as the CE seal of conformity to European rules has been issued. There’s no further specs info about the device as this simply confirms that the device conforms to emissions, radio frequencies, electrical consumption, magnetic fields and toxic substances regulations. A necessary step for its release to market!
Curiously, the Indian version of EEC certification, has a listing for the device with the same MDZ-24-AA reference, BUT it lists the device as “Mi TV Stick 2k”. Strange really as any new device these days easily handles 4k, no prob.
What do we know about the specs?
Short Answer: There’s not a lot of concrete confirmed info.
Longer answer: Looks like it’ll include the SoC Amlogic S905Y2 quad core 12nm Arm Ortex-A53 processor and an ARM Mali-G31 MP2 GPU. RAM has been reported as either 1GB or 2GB (depending on who you read) and storage is being quoted as 8GB eMMc.
Note: The S905SY2 (used on the A95X?) is recognised as more powerful than the S905X-L that the current Mi Box S sports.
Prices starting from around €39.99 (approx $43.50) before shipping- you can pre-order from:
GearBest* $79.99???
BangGood* $49.99
And from Spain – PowerPlanet. €39.99!
Everything points to this device running Android TV OS – 9.0. The Android TV box/dongle market is certainly growing with the Tivo Stream 4k joining the Xiaomi Mi Box S, the newer MeCool KM9, KM3 and KM1 as well as the top dog Nvidia Shield TV..
Connectivity:
Wirelessly via Dual Band aC WiFi and Bluetooth 4.0
Ports: one HDMI 2.0, un USB Type-C and a micro-Usb for power
Audio certification for Dolby and DTS
Also included is Bluetooth remote complete with Google Assistant and has dedicated Netflix AND Amazon Prime Video buttons.
Price and availability:
Big question is WHEN? And HOW MUCH?
Already listed on several sites (links on this page), it looks like the first units might start shipping towards the end of July 2020. Prices seem to be variable, to say the least! One thing is for sure, if it’s to sell well, it’ll have to compete with similarly specced devices like the Tivo Stream 4k and the soon-to-come Chromecast Dongle (Sabrina?)
Sources: Sudhanshu1414, AndroidPC.es