Just an FYI for everyone - I spoke to John and the NEO U22-XJ will not be AndroidTV. The NEO U22-XJ is standard Android. Same as all previous NEO models, just more powerful.
The T5 will be AndroidTV.
This is probably a very important info.
As well as because according to the video, being the T5 the "first Minix hub to have Google certification" and since no one ever mentioned the U22 as having Google certification (as I was also reading about it in external press), how can we not doubt that in spite of all its outstanding features, the U22 will be ok to deal with Netflix and HBO apps?
I really thought that only Google certified hubs could reach the superior definitions for those types of services. As it was also my belief that, in what media hubs are concerned, only the Android TV ones would get Google certified.
Not that it matters to me. I do prefer pure Android, and modern TV sets are capable to deal with those services, Google certification means very little to me. I just think that, should this be the case, and the U22 having the same issues to handle these services as the U9-H has, due to the lack of Google certification, it should be left very clear as a no go for those that are really interested in getting these services running in the box.
At this following article they even go further and mention about the T5 that although it is Google certified: "Netflix not yet" ?!...
https://androidpctv.com/minix-ifa-2019/
I really don't wish to be a dream breaker, maybe there is something I am missing here that will allow the ones interested about it to be optimistic on getting Amazon, HBO, Netflix, going full res in the U22 (or even in the T5 should the above article be correct, my fingers crossed that it is not!)
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