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The inclusion of Android TV into its boxes is what makes this device shine in my opinion. You get many of the benefits of the NVIDIA Shield at a much lower price. MECOOL KM2 4K Streaming Device Overview Features As we mentioned, the new KM2 is a Google-certified TV Box and runs on Android TV 10 OS. Of course, the device supports Google Assistant, and Chromecast built-in. Besides, has the most important certifications from leading vendors: Google, Netflix, and PrimeVideo. KM2 streaming device displays up to 4K @60fps streaming content also from other popular streaming services like Disney+, HBO, etc. The device supports 4K HDR, HDR10, and Dolby Audio. The new KM2 Plus comes with 16GB of internal storage with 13GB left once all system apps and OS have been accounted for. This should be enough storage for most people to house their favorite applications. In You tube app play videos and transmit the audio with mecool bluetooth. The Bluetooth audio transmit sound to bluetooth speaker there is a distinct audio/video lipsync problem. Yea my x5 has been on the test bench doing server duty…very light duty otherwise it wants to take a break and randomely re-boot. … So as of right now the ugoos ut8 took over as server and no complaints so far. Waiting on my x3 to show up and be permanant samba server and I think everthing will be complete.

During the WiFi tests, I am connected to the 5Ghz band on my Asus AC3100 Router. This router resides in the same room as my MECOOL KM7 (approximately 20 feet away from wireless router). All in all, this is a great streaming device and it’s nice to see that MECOOL has finally integrated the official Netflix application. AV1 is a high-performance, royalty-free video codec that provides 20% improved compression efficiency over HEVC/VP9 and manages to save up to 30% in bandwidth for the same image quality. YouTube Quality This is an open, royalty-free video coding format designed for video transmissions over the Internet.

Endless Android TV Apps on Google play including Netflix, YouTube, Prime Video, Disney+ , Hulu, etc I used the MECOOL KM2 as the primary streaming device in my office for three days and I can say that I am pleasantly surprised. It performs great and I really like the remote control. During the WiFi tests, I am connected to the 5Ghz band on my Asus AC3100 Router. This router resides in the same room as my MECOOL KM2 Deluxe (approximately 20 feet away from the wireless router). MECOOL KM2 PLUS Netflix and Google-certified Android TV Smart Box are powered by S905X4-B Quad-Core A55 CPU with AV1 HDR. Runs on the latest Android TV system Android 11. Built-in lots of content and entertainment from the Android ecosystem, including 4K Netflix, YouTube, Prime Video, Disney Plus, etc, delivering a world of content the whole family can enjoy. This is great to see because we can get rid of the overbearing Android TV user interface and replace it with a customizable 3rd party launcher such as Wolf.

This is the official Android TV OS, so you don’t get features from the mobile version such as root access, navigation bar or status bar, screen rotation, etc. But, KM2 Plus Supports OTA updates, so it is necessary to solve some possible problems or upgrade the system. Mecool KM2 Plus Performance Languages and Google Play: All the international Android languajes / Google Play for Android TV installed.I then inserted a 256GB SandDisk 3.0 USB Drive into the unit and formatted it as internal storage and it worked exactly like it would on the NVIDIA Shield. Great news! Answer: Yes, it can communicate over the 5GHz band, which is faster. At the same time, it is dual WiFi and supports 2.4G/5G. Question: Does this have ethernet? will it play movies over a network natively (without plex or kodi)?

This SoC is manufactured in 12nm, has a fairly low power consumption and the cooling system maintains low temperatures in normal use. The processor manages the speeds correctly so as not to heat up excessively. The ability to expand internal storage (mentioned above) should appeal to gamers if they run out of space to hold all of their games. The quality of the remote control has become an extremely important aspect of these various streaming devices. For these reasons and more, we have included the KM2 in our lists of Best IPTV Boxes and Best Streaming Devices.Due to the large internal storage (64GB or 16GB) on the MECOOL KM7, there probably isn’t a huge need to expand internal storage but I still wanted to see if it worked.

Answer: Yes, it has Bluetooth 4.2 built in so you can connect most any Bluetooth device including speaker. The following buttons mapped successfully on my LG Television, input, volume + -, mute, and power. Very nice addition! Networking – Ethernet, Dual-band 802.11b/g/n/ac WiFi 5 2R2T & Bluetooth 4.2/5.0 via Realtek RTL8822CS KM2 Android TV device is powered by Amlogic S905X2-B SoC (quad-core Cortex-A53 processor). MECOOL KM2 ATV Android TV Box comes with 2GB RAM DDR4 and 8GB eMMC. In addition, the device will be supporting Dual-band WiFi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.2, and Fast Ethernet (10/100Mbps).

I recently reviewed the MECOOL Now Android TV Box and that one didn’t allow for sideloading apps. I’m glad to see that they didn’t make that mistake again. MECOOL KM7 powered with Amlogic S905Y4 chipset with 64-bit quad-core ARM® Cortex™ A35 CPU and ARM G31™ MP2 GPU processor, supporting both 2.4 and 5 GHz, as well as a 10/100 Ethernet LAN to ensure the stable and strong network signal connected. Supporting AV1 decoding and running with the newest Android 11 operating system, which gives users a better streaming experience of faster-running speed and greater performance. This comes with true Android TV and we can edit the home screen. Can’t do that on Chromecast as theirs comes with Google TV which is full of ads for services I will never use.