According to various clients on Reddit, the Android Oreo refresh for the Xiaomi Mi Box is at long last taking off. We officially speculated it would arrive not long after beta analyzers began to get the refresh early a month ago and it wasn’t named anyplace just like a genuine beta discharge. Interestingly, the gadget never really got Android Nougat notwithstanding being guaranteed to get it not long after dispatch.
There was an open beta discharged 11 months after its dispatch that you could sideload, yet nothing further at any point came after that. There’s far and away superior news for gadget proprietors, as the refresh seems, by all accounts, to be taking off internationally. We are very brave underneath what it would seem that yet, to begin with, you can investigate the new interface in the video beneath.
Now that you’re acquainted with how the new interface looks, you can likewise investigate the screen captures of the underlying setup. Clients are announcing that essentially everything, not surprisingly, is there, including the Google Assistant which wasn’t already accessible. Back in March we initially got a legitimate take a gander at it freely when Xiaomi and Nvidia demoed their Android TV sets running Oreo, however, the Nvidia shield got the refresh a tad sooner.
Alongside the Google Assistant, you can hope to see the new errand switcher, as appeared over, the most recent security upgrades, HDR, and Picture in Picture mode as well. Google Assistant is one of the major new highlights in this refresh as it implies you can control your shrewd home from your TV, alongside profiting from the various highlights the Assistant offers. In case you’re on the sideloaded Android Nougat variant we specified before, you have nothing to stress over as those gadgets are additionally getting the OTA refresh. Clients in the USA, Canada, Portugal, and Australia all have affirmed they have gotten the refresh, so it’s indistinct if right presently it’s in an arranged rollout or not. Tell us in the remarks on the off chance that you have the Android Oreo refresh on your Xiaomi Mi Box!
Xiaomi’s Mi Box IN 2016
Back in 2016, Google and Xiaomi jointly announced the Mi Box – an Android TV version of Xiaomi’s Mi Box 3. It was also the first Xiaomi product to be officially sold in the US.
Out of the box, the Mi Box ran Android TV 6.0 based on Marshmallow. Even though it received some updates, it never got updated to Android TV 7.0 (Nougat), though there was a beta version available.
We thought Xiaomi had given up on the device until a beta version of Android Oreo began to roll out to beta testers about a month ago. Now, a stable version of the update has begun rolling out to the Mi Box globally.
The new update brings a revamped user interface, Google Assistant, and picture-in-picture mode. With Google Assistant, you can now control your smart home devices from the TV.
Xiaomi Mi Box grabbing Android Oreo refresh broadly w/overhauled home screen
Android TV is by a long shot my most loved stage for spilling, yet refreshes have been a gigantic issue. From TV producers to set-top boxes, we once in a while observe gadgets refreshed past bug fixes or the periodic rendition redesign. Presently, however, Xiaomi is at last discharging Android Oreo for the Mi Box.
Returning around two years, the Xiaomi Mi Box propelled as a mid-run set-top box running over Google’s stage. It turned into a most loved because of its reasonable value point, however in the time since it hasn’t seen much in the method for refreshes.
A month ago, a few clients began announcing the landing of an Android Oreo refresh, however, it was just for a couple of select clients. Presently, that same refresh has all the earmarks of being taken off to everybody. Clients on Reddit, Xiaomi’s discussions, and Android Police perusers have noticed the 615.8MB refresh being accessible on their gadgets.
Much the same as the as of late refreshed Nvidia Shield TV, this refresh conveys the new home screen experience to the Mi Box, and additionally a refreshed security fix and a few changes all through the working framework.
In case you’re utilizing a Xiaomi Mi Box, essentially head into Settings > About > System Update to check whether it’s accessible on your gadget. Curiously, a few clients have likewise affirmed that Xiaomi rolled out the required improvements to influence this gadget to work with Project Treble in this refresh also. Ideally, that implies refreshes aren’t halting here.
