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Jul 03, 2023

Ugoos AM8

Ugoos AM8 is a true 8K TV box based on Amlogic S928X-J penta-core Cortex-A76/A55 processor with Dolby Vision and Dolby Audio support that should become available in the next few weeks or months. If

Ugoos AM8 is a true 8K TV box based on Amlogic S928X-J penta-core Cortex-A76/A55 processor with Dolby Vision and Dolby Audio support that should become available in the next few weeks or months.

If you search for an 8K TV box on the web, you’ll find plenty of listings for 4K TV boxes incapable of 8K video output, but Ugoos AM8 is what I would call “a true 8K TV box” capable of both video playback and output up to 8Kp60 thanks to the Amlogic S928X processor which we previously found announced in IPTV/OTT devices for operators from SDMC and SEI Robotics, as well as more recently in an 8K TV box board.

Ugoos AM8 (preliminary) specifications:

The TV box ships with a Bluetooth LE remote control (UR01-BLE model), an HDMI cable, a 12V power supply and USB-C cable, and a short user guide. What’s odd is that the Ugoos AM8 runs Android 11 (confirmed by the company), while previous announcements about Amlogic S928X devices all reported Android 13 support instead.

Regardless, the Android OS comes with Google Play support, OTA firmware updates, and Ugoos-specific features such as a SAMBA server, NFS and CIFS clients, superuser switch (Magisk) to enable/disable root access, a remote server to use your phone as a remote control, and various other customization.

The Ugoos AM8 is an update to the Amlogic S922X-J powered Ugoos AM6 Plus introduced in 2020. We’re told the AM8 model based on the penta-core (1x Cortex-A76 + 4x Cortex-A55) delivers a higher Antutu score compared to the AM6 Plus TV box with the hexa-core (4x Cortex-A73 + 2x Cortex-A53) SoC with about 210K points against around 130K points, which seems a bit odd, especially with that large a difference (were different versions of Antutu used?).

Nevertheless, the new model still brings new capabilities with 8Kp60 video playback and output, support for the new AV1 codec, WiFi 6 + Bluetooth 5.3 instead of WiFi 5 + Bluetooth 5.0, and more USB 3.0 ports. The legacy AV jack appears to be gone for good.

The Ugoos AM8 can be purchased for $189 on Aliexpress including shipping, or more exactly pre-ordered as delivery is only scheduled to start on September 20. For reference, the earlier Ugood AM6 Plus goes for $147 on Aliexpress. More details may be found on the official Ugoos website as well as on Ugoos.co.

Updated: The article was initially published on August 13, 2023, and updated following availability on Aliexpress.

Jean-Luc started CNX Software in 2010 as a part-time endeavor, before quitting his job as a software engineering manager, and starting to write daily news, and reviews full time later in 2011.

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