Amazon Fire Stick vs Xiaomi Mi Box
This is the era of smart televisions and now affordable smart TV is the choice of most people and also in their budget. But most inexpensive smart TVs are not as smart either. In these, you do not really get to see content in 4K or HD resolution and also do not get the support of many entertainment applications like Hotstar, Amazon Prime Video, etc. To solve this problem, Xiaomi recently launched Mi Box which will make your TV even smarter. It is exactly like Amazon's Fire TV Stick which makes content streaming even better and many OTT platforms are also pre-installed in it. So what will you choose Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K or Xiaomi's new Mi Box 4K? Let us decide after comparing them.
Fire TV Stick 4K and Mi Box 4K Design
Talking about the design, the Amzon Fire TV Stick is better because it is a very small thing that is installed on the back of your wall mounted TV and forget it and it will continue to do its job. On the other hand, to keep the Mi Box, you need some space like a set-top box. Wire and power are required to run both these things, but you can also plug the wire of the Amzon Fire TV Stick into the USB port of your TV and it can take power from the TV itself or you can put the adapter in the socket, but Mi Its charger comes separately with the box.
Now this is your choice if you have a TV showcase separately and you will not have any problem with Mi Box, but you can also see the content in the port by putting your pen-drive in it. Those who lack space and have a wall-mounted television will use the port on their TV and may not like having a separate box. These two also have their own small remote controls.
Content streaming
Fire TV Stick and Mi Box 4K both have better benchmark score of Fire TV Stick but Mi Box 4K processor is better. But if you use both then it will be difficult to tell the difference as both have the ability to display the content much better with 4K HDR resolution.
The Mi Box has Dolby Audio and DTS 2.0, but the Fire TV Stick has Dolby Vision support, so for those who have television with Dolby Vision support, the Fire TV Stick is much better.
At the same time, there are some special features of Mi Box TV such as it will come with Google ecosystem and it also has an in-built Chromecast. It has digital audio out with Dolby Audio 2.0 and DTS 2.0 which will give you better sound quality by connecting easily with your home theater.
In Fire TV Stick 4K you can cast videos from youtube and if your TV has a built-in chromecast, then in Fire TV Stick, you will be able to cast any other app anyhow.
Other features
On both these devices you get Disney + Hotstar, Netflix, Prime Videos and YouTube already installed. However, some global apps are also available in the Fire TV Stick, which is not in the Mi Box. Fire TV also supports many apps like Apple TV, Gaana. Apart from this, Fire TV stick 4K has Bluetooth 5.0 while Mi Box has Bluetooth 4.2 LE.
Prices and availability
Xiaomi's Mi Box 4K is priced at Rs 3,499 and is available at Flipkart, mi.com and Mi Home stores. The Amazon Fire Stick (1080p) is priced at Rs 3,999 and the Fire TV Stick 4K is priced at Rs 5,999.