Redmi Smart Fire TV 4K review: Earlier this year, Redmi collaborated with Amazon to bring its first Smart Fire TV with a 32-inch display which was met with positive reviews and gained popularity among consumers. The success of the television led to the company launching the Redmi Smart Fire TV 4K, with a bigger 43-inch display. This time around Redmi has upgraded the specifications, added a 4K resolution to the smart TV, and most importantly, has also added a mute button.
To those wondering why a simple mute button holds such importance, you should know that when the 32-inch TV was launched, despite fetching a lot of praise, one universal complaint was its lack of a mute button in the remote. But seeing the addition of it indicates that Redmi has indeed been listening to the feedback of people, and making improvements to the product.
The 4K smart TV is a unique proposition by the company. A 4K smart TV under Rs. 30,000 in the post-pandemic market is rare to see, but add the Amazon OS, and it becomes even more lucrative. Amazon was among the first TV OS in India, contained with the company's Fire Stick, capable of turning any TV into a smart TV. Over the years, the OS has received a lot of praise and to see it be added as a proper TV platform is exciting.
At this point, you must be thinking “What's the catch?”. And I would not blame you. A 4K smart TV with Fire TV OS at Rs. 24,999 is a steal. But I'm a skeptic and a firm believer in the proverb that there are no free lunches. So, with apprehension in mind, I spent a little over a month with the Redmi Smart Fire TV 4K, and what I found was quite interesting. Let's take a detailed look.
The thing to remember here is that the Redmi Fire TV is a budget offering and the first
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