Finally received the international Mi Box today from Aliexpress. Exactly two weeks to ship from China. First impressions : Doesn't have the box cover like that sold in the US. No coupon codes at all. (US version comes with a total of $76 of coupons). 3 pieces of paper for warranty, manual and product info, all in English. Other items include the mi box, remote control and hdmi cable (no AAA batteries).

Boot up looks similar to that on youtube of Americans using the USA Mi Box. The biggest difference is there is only Netflix and Redbull TV on the recommended apps section. Mi Box sold in the US have Sling TV, Hulu, Pandora, Vudu and several other popular streaming apps in the recommended section.

The other Google apps like Android TV playstore, Youtube and Play Movies is preloaded.
Strangely cant control the audio on Netflix shows via the Mi Box remote. But on Youtube and SPMC it works. Must be a bug with the Netflix app.

In the settings, it shows Android 6.01 and no updates available. I tried installing UC Browser, Astro On The Go, Mobdro and APKpure but for some reason the screen orientation is horizontal. I installed a separate app to force the screen orientation correctly. So far never heard this bug from US Mi Box users.

The worst thing so far for me is that Astro On The Go keeps crashing after I input username and password.

I dont know why there is no browser pre-installed in this box. When I do a voice search, it will show hits from youtube. Would have wished the voice search could look up websites in Google.com.

I will update after doing further tests and experiments.

Finally got mine. Pure androidtv experience. Snappy performance. Although im just usin it for kodi youtube plex and netflix

just wanted to know

what does jailbreak do on mi tv box? and why should we have our box jailbreak?

and whats the difference vs root, i know whats root cos im android user for long time.

thanks

Yes Iflix works on the international mi box.
Download an app called 'HAL Launcher' for apps that don't show up in main screen of Android TV (leanback launcher). Android TV playstore has it. I use that to access Chrome browser, Iflix, Astro On The Go, Getflix (smart dns), and Mobdro. I download the apk from apkpure.com. If the apps show weirdly on its side, go into HAL launcher settings and force it to show horizontal.

Yes Iflix works on the international mi box.
Download an app called 'HAL Launcher' for apps that don't show up in main screen of Android TV (leanback launcher). Android TV playstore has it. I use that to access Chrome browser, Iflix, Astro On The Go, Getflix (smart dns), and Mobdro. I download the apk from apkpure.com. If the apps show weirdly on its side, go into HAL launcher settings and force it to show horizontal.

The one i found in aliexpress which mentioned as internation/global version all have brown colour box 😅 and do you need to pay tax when u import the device?

I was a bit unlucky. My parcel was held up at Customs for almost 2 weeks. But in the end I received my item after 1 mth with no extra tax levy.

With the mibox 3 international version vs mi box 3 pro. Which one would you choose and why?

Personally, I'd go for LAN if want buffer-free streaming - all my streamer boxes are connected through LAN - the only one on wifi (Apple TV) suffers lag and intense buffering (despite using AC router)

Or rather one with Gapps, and one without Gapps. Had it not because of youtube that my kids wanted, I would have gone with the more powerful non Gapps.

I am using rssplayer on my Note 5 and it is pretty fast. However on Kodi, I couldn't add the icdrama.se source using the remote.

Anyway, another poster has provided the Kodi add-on source instead (even though the source was wrong). I did a bit of search and found the correct link.

add source : http://cthlo.github.io/cthlo-kodi-repo/zips/
add from zip icdrama 1.25

For now I can watch using my MiBox instead of on my phone.

So can I install APK from es file explorer? I am using wireless keyboard with touchpad..