Xiaomi has been teasing the Mi TV Stick for quite some time now and it now finally official. The company has launched the Mi TV Stick in India and it is set to go on sale starting August 7. It is basically a toned-down version of the Mi Box 4K that arrived in India back in May.
Mi TV Stick by Xiaomi has been launched in India on August 5 after its debut in Europe in July. It will compete with the Amazon Fire TV Stick and offers the same functionality of allowing users to stream content from Amazon Prime Video, Disney+ Hotstar, Netflix, and others directly on the TV. It can connect to TV using the HDMI port and turn it into a smart TV. The Mi TV Stick runs on Android TV 9, allowing access to the Google Play store, and apps made specifically for the big screen.
This is the second streaming device from Xiaomi after the Mi Box 4K. While Xiaomi’s own Smart TV uses a custom interface called Patchwall, the Mi TV Stick and the Mi Box 4K do not.
While Xiaomi’s Mi TV range comes with Android TV OS layered with the company’s own PatchWall UI, the Mi TV Stick and Mi Box 4K avoid that and just give users the Android TV experience that Google wants users to get.
As it is a toned-down version, the Mi TV Stick is cheaper than the Mi Box 4K at a price of Rs. 2,799. The TV Stick is set to go on sale in India on August 7 at 12 PM via Mi.com, Flipkart and Mi Home stores. The company has also promised that the device will be made available via Mi partner stores soon.
In comparison, the Mi Box 4K is available at a price of Rs. 3,499 whereas its close competitor Amazon Fire TV Stick sells for around Rs. 3,999.
As for the specifications, the Mi TV Stick is powered by the quad-core Cortex-A53 CPU paired with an ARM Mali-450 GPU. It packs in 1GB of RAM and 8GB of onboard storage.
