The Evo TV 2 has built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, and that makes it easier to share content from your smartphone or tablet. The device can also output up to 7.1 channel audio, which would be good news for anyone who has invested in an expensive home theater setup. We were able to run as many as 5 apps in the background, before some sort of sluggishness started to show up-hardly any users will stretch the Evo TV 2’s hardware to its limit though.

Playback of TV shows and movies on apps such as Netflix, Hooq and Hotstar is smooth as well. Some aspect of the video playback will also depend on the speed of the external drive you hook up to the Evo TV 2, but the device itself isn’t falling short in terms of power. It can play back 1080p full HD movies flawlessly, without any stutters or sluggishness-drag the timeline to fast forward or rewind, and the playback resumes smoothly and instantly.

There is 8GB internal storage, for installing apps, as well as temporarily buffering streaming content. The Evo TV 2 runs the ARM Cortex A5 1.6GHz quad core processor, paired with 1GB RAM and the Mali 450 graphics. The grid of six apps below these static elements is fully customizable as well, and you can pin your most used apps-Netflix, Chrome web browser, music player etc. The home screen has a grid based layout-there is one touch access to YouTube, Kodi media server application, a media player app, the app store and the app drawer to access the full list of apps on the device. Amkette has wrapped a skin on top of Android, which we feel definitely increases usability as well as makes it easier for users to get to the content they want. To be precise, the software running on the Evo TV 2 is Android 4.4.2 (KitKat). Irrespective, the advantage of Android is the wide variety of apps that become instantly available on the Evo TV 2. This must not be confused with the much more sophisticated Android TV software that Google has developed specifically for smart televisions (such as the Sony Bravia 2016 range) and devices such as the Nexus Player. Quite a few recently-launched similar Android media boxes (such as iRevo’s Smart TV and a bunch of those with Chinese origins) run Google’s Android operating system meant for smartphones and tablets.

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