Once the G-Box Q’s Play Services are updated, many modern apps install and run perfectly fine.īut this blog post isn’t about all the apps that you can install from the Play Store, it’s about the one app that made the G-Box famous in the first place: Kodi. For example, installing the latest version of Google Chrome on your G-Box Q simply requires updating the Google Play Services, which is handled by the Google Play Store seamlessly. Many apps in development today support Android 5, simply because Android 5 brought a lot of new features for its time that is still the basis of most of today’s modern apps. Unboxing a 1st gen G-Box Q in 2020 and running it is not much different than it was in 2017. Google Play Store, for example, runs flawlessly on the G-Box Q, even today. In fact, it’s still one of the best Android versions to run on your TV box in 2020. Why, might you ask?Īndroid 5 is still preferred and relevant as an Android TV box platform. We’re here to tell you that their plan isn’t working so well. How do they do it? Their tactic is simple: Obsolete their previous products by discontinuing software updates forcing people to upgrade to their latest product in order to support the latest software. CPU manufacturers such as Amlogic and Rockchip are popular amongst the TV box market and their mission is like many other manufacturing businesses: Sell as many products as possible. These past few years have been a race for Chinese manufacturers to release processors that force you into the latest version of Android instead of being concerned so much with creating a more powerful processor. So what has actually happened over the years? ARM processors in consumer TV boxes have not evolved much since the release of the original G-Box Q, which is great news for G-Box owners. The S802 was ahead of its time in the performance arena, boasting 4 powerful ARM cores and the Mali450-MP6 multi-core GPU. The processor in the G-Box Q is, by today’s TV box standards, still very powerful. How is this possible? After all, TV box technology has evolved greatly over the past few years, right? It is now the end of 2019 and although the original G-Box Q has been around for years, it is still relevant and keeps up with modern TV boxes as a top contender in the market. The original G-Box Q was Matricom’s most successful product and quickly went viral for Android and Kodi enthusiasts worldwide when it was released.

Kodi 18.2 leia builds android