New Chinese Box that appears by AliExpress based on the Rockchip RK3566 SoC, recently launched and called X96 X6.
This Smart Box is a little more careful in the field of external design than those we have seen so far, since it has an aluminium box that favors cooling and an external antenna to improve wireless connectivity. The rest of the configuration of the X96 X6 does not differ too much from other boxes based on the RK3566 chip, since we have Android 11 as OS, Gigabit Ethernet and RAM options of up to 8 GB DDR4 and storage of 128 GB.
A Box that must be taken into account that it does not have certificates for paid streaming platforms, so we can only view them in basic quality.
SoC, RAM and storage
The Smart Box X96 X6 is the latest Rockchip RK3566 SoC, a Quad Core with low-power 64-bit ARM Cortex-A55 processors that theoretically go up to 1.99 Ghz, with a Mali-G52 MP2 GPU and an NPU for iA with a 0.8 TOPS power.
For RAM we have options with 4/8 GB DDR4, while for storage we can choose between 32/64/128 GB eMMc, and it includes a micro SD card reader in case we want to expand the storage.
Other specs
In the area of wireless connectivity, it includes Dual Band Wifi aC and Bluetooth 4.2 with an external adjustable antenna. The connectors that we have in this Smart Box are a USB 3.0 port, two USB 2.0, SPDIF digital audio output, Gigabit Ethernet port and an HDMI 2.0a video output with support for resolutions up to 4k @ 60Hz with which we can use this Box as 4K @ 60fps mediacenter at full resolution.
All the necessary cables, power supply and a basic infrared remote control are supplied with this multimedia box.
Price and availability in stores
- The Smart Box X96 X6 with Rockchip RK3566 SoC can be purchased on AliExpress from $53.43 with free shipping using the discount coupon MECOOLNEW
X96 X6 issues : I bought 2 units (4+32GB) end of June, and I am quite disappointed with some of their performance : – no way to connect these TV Boxes to any 5.0GHz WiFi network (channels 36-165) : I tried with various Apple AirPort routers (AirPort Express, Time Capsule, etc…) and even a Xiami AX-1800 WiFi 6 router, ZERO connection possible ! Only 2.4GHz WiFi channels are displayed and able to be accessed, worse the integrated Ethernet port is apparently not very fast = I could not go above 25Mbps download speed, even with 1Gbps fiber-optic connection at home… Read more »
Hi.
Is better to buy something with a previous review… and amlogic is better than rockchip.
Have a nice day.