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<\/p>\nThe category of TVs with Smart TV on board has gained popularity for a long time.\u00a0With brands like Xiaomi, TCL, Realme, 4K TV prices have become affordable.\u00a0But what if you don’t have a smart TV or if you are not satisfied with webOS or Tizen from well-known manufacturers?\u00a0Then there is a solution – buy a set-top box or “streaming stick”.<\/p>\n
This will be the best way to enjoy your content on your TV with Google TV.\u00a0Of course, there are already enough such devices on the modern market, but Realme presents another option.\u00a0Consider the Realme 4K Smart Google TV Stick review as a 2021 novelty from this manufacturer.<\/p>\n
The form factor of this device is a USB flash drive.\u00a0In what follows, we will call it a “streaming flash drive” from Realme.\u00a0This is the first device from the manufacturer that runs on Google TV.\u00a0Of course, everyone knows that Google TV is just an updated Android TV interface, but with the orientation of the recommended content (get ready to advertise).<\/p>\n
In fact, it’s still the same Android TV, but with an updated user interface that looks more modern and streamlined.\u00a0This is one of the main arguments in favor of the Realme TV Stick.\u00a0Can this device compete with the Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K?\u00a0Let’s try to figure it out.<\/p>\n
Like other similar set-top boxes, the Realme 4K TV streaming stick connects to the TV via an HDMI port.\u00a0Since the device is quite large than a regular USB flash drive for storing information, connecting to a TV can be inconvenient.\u00a0Especially for those TVs in which the HDMI port is “crooked”.\u00a0To avoid this becoming a problem, the manufacturer put a short HDMI extension cable with a male-to-female connector in the box.<\/p>\n
The HDMI port itself cannot power the Realme Google TV 4K player by standards, therefore, through an additional micro-USB cable, an additional connection to the USB port on the TV itself (or to an external network adapter) is required.\u00a0After these easy manipulations, you can configure the Realme flash drive.<\/p>\n
After turning on the TV, the supplied remote control is first paired via Bluetooth with the streaming Realme Google TV.\u00a0Then, following the instructions on the screen, download the Google Home application and complete the installation process.<\/p>\n
Everything is simple and straightforward.\u00a0Of course, there will be a “Google account for registration” item.\u00a0After entering the data, everything will be synced to this account.\u00a0The Play Store shares the same identifier with Google apps and services.<\/p>\n
The Realme 4K Google TV player supports\u00a0HDMI 2.1\u00a0with CEC, which means sharing the remote to control both the device itself and the 4K TV.\u00a0There is support for a 5 GHz Wi-Fi network.\u00a0This is a nice bonus, since most of these devices, especially those purchased from Aliexpress, save on this.\u00a0By the way, you can connect headphones via Bluetooth 5.0 or other peripherals such as a mouse and keyboard to Realme 4K Google TV.<\/p>\n
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The first thing that immediately catches your eye is the new Google TV interface.\u00a0It differs from the Android TV 11 user interface. If you’ve used Android TV on a TV before, there is no unnecessary clutter.\u00a0The new Google TV interface certainly looks better.\u00a0It is a modern skin and resembles the\u00a0Fire TV\u00a0interface\u00a0.\u00a0The main screen is filled with recommendations from various services.\u00a0Services available: Apple TV +, Hustler Tv, and Prime Video.\u00a0Yes, there is also Netflix, but the recommendations are not yet visible on the Google TV home screen.<\/p>\n
In addition to recommendations for content, the home screen displays tips for applications.\u00a0Typically these are streaming apps and some lightweight games optimized for Android TV.\u00a0When you move to the left of the main screen, a search option appears that you can use to view data for a specific movie that you intend to watch.<\/p>\n
To the right of the home screen is the Applications tab.\u00a0This section shows all installed recommendation apps.\u00a0There is a convenient item “Applications from my other devices”.\u00a0It helps to install the applications that the user is familiar with.<\/p>\n
In addition to the home screen, there is a quick switch interface.\u00a0The settings app has also been visually redesigned.\u00a0It resembles the look and feel of Android on a smartphone and looks much better than on Android TV.\u00a0If someone has used Fire TV before, then the Google TV user interface will feel familiar and easy to use.\u00a0In short, after Google’s decision to update the user interface, the result was positive.<\/p>\n
Unlike a smartphone, the Realme 4K Google TV stick has no responsibilities to multitask or run heavy games directly on the TV stick.\u00a0Content streaming apps don’t require a lot of processor power, which is why most of these devices have fairly simple hardware.\u00a0The Realme Google TV 4K Smart uses a quad-core chip from Amlogic and 2GB of storage.<\/p>\n
Less than 8 GB available to the user.\u00a0The new Google TV interface is well optimized to work with this hardware.\u00a0No big delays were noticed when navigating the interface.\u00a0Although there are occasional stutters and dropped frames, it is present on other Android streaming devices as well.<\/p>\n
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The Realme 4K TV streaming stick can stream content up to 4K resolution.\u00a0This applies to all apps and services such as YouTube, Netflix, Prime Video and the like.\u00a0There’s also support for HDR10 + streaming for added visual appeal at 4K @ 60Hz.\u00a0However\u00a0, the Realme 4K Google TV lacks\u00a0Dolby Vision\u00a0support\u00a0, while the Fire TV Stick 4K does.\u00a0This is one of the differences between Realme 4K Google TV and Fire TV Stick 4K.\u00a0There is also no support for\u00a0Dolby Atmos\u00a0sound\u00a0, and Fire TV 4K has – the second difference.<\/p>\n
Overall, the picture quality on the Realme 4K Smart Google TV stik is comparatively good.\u00a0Although the quality of your TV panel is the main metric in the picture.\u00a0Realme 4K chroma processing is not bad.\u00a0But when compared to Fire TV 4K, Fire has better visualization than Realmi (due to the presence of Dolby Vision).<\/p>\n
The remote control is an area where the Realme 4K TV has clear upsides and performs better than the Fire TV.\u00a0The remote that comes with the Realme TV Stick has a traditional set of buttons including on \/ off, mute, navigation keys, back, home, settings and volume controls.<\/p>\n
There are dedicated buttons for accessing Google Assistant, launching YouTube, YouTube Music, Netflix, and Prime Video.<\/p>\n
Realme 4K Google TV Stik Price<\/strong> Overall, despite the rather high price tag, the Realme 4K gives you a taste of Google TV. It’s an attractive streaming device that works seamlessly and is a gateway for 4K HDR content.<\/p>\n However, at almost a slightly overpriced price (as of October 2021), the Amazon Fire TV 4K delivers Dolby Vision support and a quality user experience.\u00a0Fire TV can do everything that Realmi TV does.\u00a0In short, you have to choose.<\/p>\n [ratemypost]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The category of TVs with Smart TV on board has gained popularity for a long time.\u00a0With brands like Xiaomi, TCL, Realme, 4K TV prices have become affordable.\u00a0But what if you don’t have a smart TV or if you are not satisfied with webOS or Tizen from well-known manufacturers?\u00a0Then there is a solution – buy a […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":137739,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[644],"tags":[778],"class_list":{"0":"post-137735","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gadgets","8":"tag-reviews"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe release date for the Realme 4K Google TV Stik is slated for late fall 2021.\u00a0At this point, the starting price in European countries will be around $ 53.<\/p>\nConclusion<\/h3>\n