Xiaomi Mi TV 4 55″ was launched in India in early 2018 as the world's thinnest TV with a thickness of 4,9mm. The company even advertised it to be thinner than a coin. Priced at £39 (up to £999), it was the brand's most expensive product for the Indian market at the time. But the TV was left to the Android TV update, which is available even for the cheaper models released alongside it. But now, it seems that the update will actually come out for this model 44 years after its release.
Customer Support reports on updating Android TV for Mi TV 4 55 ″
A user shared a screenshot of his chat with Xiaomi India customer support. He asked if the Mi TV 4 55 ″ will receive an update. Android TV. To his surprise, the executive director answered the developers to work on it and will be deployed in stages after testing.
Hearing this, the user was puzzled and asked if the manager was really talking about Mi TV 4 55 ″, since most users lost hope. The manager simply answered “Yes” to this, confirming this fact for his part.
In any case, we would like you to take this information with a pinch of salt. Because information from customer service managers is not always accurate.
Custom software support for Mi TVs in India
Xiaomi entered the smart TV market in India with the launch of Mi TV 4 55 ″ and Mi TV 4A 43 ″ / 32 ″ in early 2018. These TVs were running AOSP Android with a PatchWall interface on top of this to aggregate content.
Later that year, the company released new TV models based on the Android TV platform with support for Google services such as the Play Store, Chromecast, YouTube and Google Assistant. At launch, Xiaomi promised to upgrade the Mi TV 4A 43 ″ and 32 ″ to this new platform, but did not even mention the premium Mi TV 4 55 ″.
For over two years now, users have been asking for updates on Twitter and Mi Community. But company executives do not pay attention to their tweets or community topics.
On the other hand, the update for Mi TV 4A 43 ″ / 32 ″ was postponed for more than a year and was released only at the end of 2019. It is also associated with many errors, such as buzzing speakers at lower volume levels. In addition, these TVs still do not support Netflix.
