Xiaomi Mi Tv Stick Android 9.0

[Ellyn Krucke]

Notablyany benefits of getting the Chromecast 4K over this? The only benefits seem to be the software updates and Google TV interface, and I'm thinking the latter will probably be useless since no Netflix/TVNZ(?)/Three(?) integrations anyways.

Turns out after an update that this thing gets the Google TV interface too. I don't like it at all. It would be a lot nicer if Netflix were supported, as then the space on the home screen would be useful. Much prefer the Android TV home screen, but not a huge issue.

Biggest niggle for me is the remote. It feels a big cheap, and notably a lot of the buttons on it are not very useful. There's buttons for Xiaomi TV, which isn't supported here, and Amazon Prime Video - neither of which are useful to me. Chromecast goes with Netflix/YouTube which seems more reasonable.

How's UI/performance of the Fire Stick? I find the Xiaomi stick occasionally has a very Android-lag feel. Nothing that actually hinders use, but it's pretty far from something like an Apple TV in terms of slickness/smoothness.

I have both the Mi Box S and the (non 4k) mi TV stick.

In comparison, the TV stick is underpowered vs the mi box s. Runs exactly the same version of android TV - but menu is slightly sluggish vs the Mi Box S.

However, as the 4k TV stick is considered the replacement for the mi box s I'd think performance has been addressed.

>How's UI/performance of the Fire Stick? I find the Xiaomi stick occasionally has a very Android-lag feel. Nothing that actually hinders use, but it's pretty far from something like an Apple TV in terms of slickness/smoothness.

I have the xiaomi tv with build in chromecast. it can be turned on off from ha. i installed android remote app from apps store on my tv. I use powerline adapter for net connection to router. To stop tv from going into deep sleep I use binanry sensor

I have currently no understanding of this protocol, but I guess the device is listening to some BLE command in order to wake out of deep sleep. Maybe there is a dev from another bluetooth integration that has some better understanding that can give us better insight.

For anyone struggling with Xiaomi devices that goes into deep sleep and not waking up. I have managed to compile a integration that uses a built-in RPI4 bluetooth device, and force a pair connection with Mibox, just like Google TV app mentioned by davidclaeys. Pairing but not connecting to a bluetooth seems to do a trick, that wakes up MIBOX.

Thank you for finding a workaround. I have been waiting for this since a long time as I was owning a mi box s and now mi stick, luckily found this thread. I have followed the steps as you have described but there is one question. Could you please let me know if I need to toggle the switch on and off like for 15 sec or leave it on when using it in any automation steps ? Thank you in advance

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