Xiaomi announces the Mi Box 4S Pro with 8K video decoding

Ro, 05 November 2020

Xiaomi announced a successor to its Mi Box 4 Pro called Mi Box 4S Pro and even though it looks identical to the old one and the name implies a rather incremental update, this is definitely not the case here. In addition to its long feature list, the Mi Box 4S Pro gains 8K video decoding, which is probably the most notable addition.

Mi Box 4S Pro

The HDMI standard has been bumped up to 2.1 to accommodate the 8K video playback above 30fps. There are also 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage - the latter has been doubled compared to the 4 Pro. The device ships with MIUI for TV in China but we can expect it to adopt Android TV if it hits the global markets. However, Xiaomi said that it doesn't have plans to release the Box 4S Pro internationally.

Anyway, the pre-orders start today and the asking price is CNY 399 ($60), which is understandably slightly more expensive than its predecessor.

Source (in Chinese) | Via

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Reader comments

MasEnha
09 Nov 2020
y$i

It will do 8K but no smooth 8K, perhaps. However it would be good for 4K TV as the previous one not that powerful. In turn Xiaomi may release it for international with different code name.

aReefer
07 Nov 2020
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I've had a MiBox 3 for a few years and it works pretty much flawlessly - or it did until the recent Android 9 update. Since then I am getting occasional WiFi disconnections that never happened before, but overall, while plugged into my 10 year o...