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Hello this is a quick look at the KM2 kindly sent to me for review by Mecool
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When you open the box you get the getting started instructions, the little box
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which interestingly is white rather than black, the power cable, HDMI cable and a
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very cool remote control. This is powered by some AAA batteries which are not
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included. The box itself is a nice looking piece of kit, it's got a couple
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of USB ports on the side as well as an SD card slot and there's various ports
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around the back to get you hooked up to your network and your AV equipment. The remote's really
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cool it's got a Google Assistant button as well as shortcuts to the main streaming services that
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you might want to use. The box has some great hardware in it here's the stats for those of you
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that like to geek out about this kind of stuff and it's very lightweight and compact. I would say this
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could be a great replacement instead of getting something like a Fire Stick and it's got Chromecast
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built in and has a menu that's quite similar to the Fire system if you've ever used the Amazon
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on fire stuff. So you've got all the main streaming services and you can scroll down and see all the
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various recommendations. It pulls them in from YouTube, Google Play, and you can install more apps
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Searching for new apps and content is dead easy. Simply press the assistant button and you could ask
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tell me about the matrix and then it will go away and search for information about the film or app
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whatever it is you after The remote works really well Love the quick buttons to get to Netflix and all the other streaming services and they all work flawlessly All I needed to do was sign into my
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account and off I went. If you'd like some other streaming services that aren't there by default
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such as Disney Plus, just head over to the App Store and you'll find a huge range there
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including a good range of games. If you decide to install one that needs a controller, it will
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prompt you to have a gamepad to hand. I've been using a USB gamepad and I have to say this box
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performs really well. The games run silky smooth which makes this both a streaming device and a
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nice little console. There's some good free games as well as ones that you can purchase
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And that got me wondering, being an Android box, I know that Steam on the PC has an Android app so
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could it perhaps stream my games from my computer? And yes it can but only if I connect it via the
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network connection rather than Wi-Fi that's now opened up a huge range of extra games I just leave
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my PC on and it can stream it over my home network via the wired connection and I have to say they
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they work really well so it means I can play these games on my big TV rather than on my computer
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monitor this is a really solid Android box it's a good alternative to things like the Amazon Fire
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range it's got a lot of great features and I really like the remote with the shortcut buttons
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that's similar to my TV and just makes using it much simpler. Don't forget to hit the subscribe
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button and if you're interested in Android boxes check out this one that's also a projector
