Since Android TV launched, it hasn’t seen a whole lot of success, and I think that’s been the fault of the hardware rather than the software. Android TV itself works well and has the majority of the apps you want are there. However, there’s never been anything super compelling in the hardware department.
The Nexus Player was decent, but overpriced and under specced. The NVIDIA SHIELD is awesome, but it’s expensive. And then there are the others you probably forgot about, like the Razer Forge.
Enter the Xiaomi Mi Box…