Xiaomi Launches Three New Mi TVs in India With Android TV and Chromecast Built-In
Xiaomi Launches Three New Mi TVs in India With Android
TV and Chromecast Built-In
At an event in
Bangaluru, Xiaomi has launched three new Mi TVs in the country- Mi LED TV 4 Pro
(55-inch), Mi LED TV 4A Pro (49-inch) and the Mi LED TV 4C Pro (32-inch). These
new TVx come as successors to the earlier launched Mi LED TV 4, Mi TV 4A
43-inch and the Mi TV 4A 32-inch models. While the internal hardware of the new
three Mi TVs remains the same, Xiaomi has made numerous changes to the
software. Firstly, PatchWall on the new Mi TVs is built on top of the Android
TV (Android 8.1 Oreo), has built-in Chromecast and the company extended its
partnership with content providers to give more choice to the users. Xiaomi
also confirmed that Amazon Prime Video is coming to Mi TVs (both the old and
new models).
As mentioned above, Xiaomi hasn’t made
any major hardware changes to the new Mi TV models compared to the ones
launched earlier. The Mi LED TV 4 Pro (55) has a 4K HDR frameless display and
it measures 4.9mm in thickness. As for the connectivity options, all the three
TVs feature 3 HDMI ports and 2 USB ports.
The Mi TV 4 Pro ships with 7th Gen
Amlogic 64-bit quad-core processor, coupled with ARM Mali 450 GPU. Xiaomi says
the all-new MI TVs are the most powerful TVs from the company yet.
Moving onto the Mi LED
TV 4A Pro (49), it has a 49-inch Full HD + HDR display and 20W speakers to
deliver HD sound. And lastly, the Mi LED TV 4C Pro (32) has an HD Ready Display
and the same 20W speakers with DTS HD sound support.
One
of the key reasons why the first batch of Mi TVs became immensely popular is
because of the PatchWall UI they
ship with. For the unaware, PatchWall UI is a content-heavy platform and with
the launch of these new Mi TVs in India, Xiaomi has taken the content game to a
new level. Xiaomi has inked new partnerships with HOOQ, Eros Now and others to
increase the total content watch time to over 7,00,000 hours. Furthermore,
Xiaomi also confirmed that JioCinema and Amazon Prime Video apps are
coming to Mi TVs very soon.
Talking
about other features, PatchWall UI is now built on Android 8.1 Oreo
which means that the new TVs come under Android TV category. They ship with
Google Play Store and users can download over 3300 apps available on the Play
Store for free. The all-new Mi TVs have built-in Chromecast support and
supports Google voice assistant too. Notably, Xiaomi has also updated its
11-button Mi Remote with a dedicated voice control key and slightly different
buttons.
One of the best announcements made by
Xiaomi for me is this one. All the existing Mi TVs- the Mi LED TV 55-inch, Mi
LED TV 4A 43-inch and the Mi LED TV 4A 32-inch models will receive the new
PatchWall UI features with Android TV and Chromecast support built-in. That’s a
great news for all over the five lakh Mi TV users out there.
Pricing is one of the key aspects of
Xiaomi products. The Xiaomi Mi LED TV 4 Pro (55) is priced at Rs 49,999 and
will be up for sale starting October 10, 2018, on Mi.com
and Flipkart.com.
The Mi LED TV 4A Pro (49) and Mi LED TV 4C Pro (32) are priced at Rs 29,999 and
Rs 14,999 respectively. Both these TVs will be available for purchase on Mi.com and Amazon.in
starting October 9, 2018. Xiaomi also said the new Mi TV models would be
available across offline stores very soon.
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