One of the ways to future-proof your smart TV box, is to ensure that you can get regular firmware updates from the manufacturer. With Firmware Over-The-Air (FOTA) Updates, you can enjoy newer features without having to go through the rigors of manually downloading new updates, or buying a new device.

You should pay attention to the android OS version of your TV box. Since you wouldn’t think of buying a brand new car with an older engine (if such exists), you’d want to be sure that your android TV box is running a newer OS – Android 5.1 Lollipop or higher. Apart from performance improvements and bug fixes, newer android versions, offer you better and modern user interface design; an updated Android Run Time (ART) library which allows for faster start-up time, disc space economy; and support for OpenGL ES 3.1 which ensures better rendering of 3D and 2D graphics. There is also the advantage of future software support. Apps get updated with newer feature which improve user experience and you might miss out on these if you’re using older OS.

Streaming from Netflix, another computer or a Network Attached Storage (NAS) requires fast and smart networking hardware. An android TV box with dual-band Wi-Fi router (2.4GHz and 5GHz) and network adapter will ensure smoother transmission of signals. A wired Gigabit Ethernet will give you similar results.

There are many factors that affect the fluency of playing video on a Tv box. In addition to the home network environment and the source of the video itself. There is an important factor is the online video decoding capability of the box. Only with strong decoding performance can effectively reduce the phenomenon of stalling during video playback.