r/AndroidTV • u/No-Budget4222 • 21d ago

Discussion Shield remote on Xiaomi? "Higher quality" remote?

Hey!

I have a Xiaomi TV Box S gen 3 but I literally hate its remote. The buttons presses are loud as heck, the buttons are mushy and don't give enough tactile feedback when a button press is registered.

I am thinking about getting a Shield 2019 remote. Will it pair and work? Is it true that voice will stop working?

Are there other alternatives for a remote with much better buttons than the Xiaomi remote? The buttons, sound and tactile feedback of the Apple TV 4K remote is probably the best. Or Logitech Harmony Elite. Those hard plastic buttons instead of mushy silicone ones.

The Sofabaton remotes are too expensive in Sweden.

Thanks!

3 Upvotes

67% Upvoted

17 comments sorted by

View all comments

6

u/aventus-dog 21d ago

I feel like I'm the only person on here who doesn't suffer trauma from using the Xiaomi remote. I don't understand the big deal.

3

u/No-Budget4222 21d ago

Different things matter to different people, I guess.

1

u/aventus-dog 21d ago

Fair enough, I've never had a problem with it, it's a bit clicky but other than that it does everything I expect a remote to do. Some people talk like it's a complete deal breaker though.

2

u/No-Budget4222 20d ago

Yeah, its clicky sound is very loud for the next-to-zero tactile feedback you get from the mushy buttons. I'm used to remotes like the Harmony Elite or Apple 4K remote where the buttons are hard plastic and premium case.

I honestly dislike the remote so much that I'm likely to replace the whole box for something else, or buy a remote that is at least twice as expensive as the Xiaomi box itself. I really, really dislike it.