Mi TV 4 55 Will Not Receive Android TV Updates, Xiaomi Instead Offers Rs 1000 Discount for Mi Box 4K

Xiaomi on Thursday announced that its Mi TV 4 55-inch will no longer receive Android updates as the device “does not support requirements for Android TV codecs.” The company said that it is offering a Rs 1000 discount on the Mi Box 4K to the users of the Mi TV 4 55. Xiaomi entered the TV segment in India with the Mi TV 4 55 in early 2018 and has since launched numerous other models in the country. Currently, Xiaomi sells nine Mi TVs in India with the models priced between Rs 12,499 to Rs 54,999.

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Xiaomi Blames Unique Design on Mi TV 4 55

The Mi TV 4 55 ran on Xiaomi’s PatchWall and was powered by an Amlogic 64-bit quad core processor with a Mali T830 GPU. The TV featured numerous connectivity options including three HDMI ports, two USB ports along with an ethernet port and support for dual band WiFi. The Mi TV 4 55 enabled users to view 4K content with HDR 10 support and was available for Rs 39,999.

While Xiaomi touched on the Android updates at launch, PatchWall was heavily pushed with the company highlighting numerous features including its ability to connect to Set-Top Boxes (STB).

Despite pushing Android updates to over three million TVs, Xiaomi on Thursday said that it would not serve Android updates to Mi TV 4 55.

“We always endeavor to provide you the best SmartTV experience, but we regret to inform you that android TV updates cannot be made available to Mi TV 4 55,” Xiaomi said. “We have pushed the android TV updates to 3M+ MiTVs. However, the MiTV 4 55″ does not support the requirements for android TV codecs because of its unique design.”