Setup

Setting up Android TV 10 is essentially identical to the Android TV 9 experience we have seen with the original Halo. But Android TV 10 provides yet another upgrade found within the XGIMI Halo+. As you can see in the GIF above, we set up the unit during broad daylight with the balcony windows on the left side of the projection space. You can even see the slight variation in ambient brightness with slightly cloudy vs. sunny moments. Naturally, with 800 ANSI lumens, while you can still see everything for setup, the camera doesn't manage to pick up everything your eyes do.


The automatic keystone feature built into the Halo+ works well even in bright settings and manages to straighten out the screen while leveling it at the same time. During boot, the auto-focus feature takes mere seconds to ensure you get a sharp image on your projecting surface.

Daytime Performance

Out of the box, Android TV 10.0 doesn't look very different to what we are used to even compared to the Android TV 9.0 from the original Halo. Naturally, the same goes for Youtube. While you can certainly make out the elements projected in such bright surroundings, the Halo+ with its slightly brighter 900 ANSI lumens compared to its predecessor is good enough for casual viewing, but certainly not a TV replacement.


One big surprise of the new unit is that Netflix runs on it natively. You do sometimes get a "Netflix is not optimized for this device (-14)" error, but besides that, it runs and works just fine. None of the other units we reviewed allowed for Netflix natively, and we thus far always had to recommend getting a separate device to watch that provider on a XGIMI device. Well, that is no longer the case with the XGIMI Halo+ at least for our sample. This could just be a fluke with a new hardware product hitting the market and there is no guarantee this will work in the future, so do take this with a grain of salt. XGIMI has clarified that they don't officially communicate support for this.


Continuing the daytime use, we fired up our favorite trailer of a movie that seems to be endlessly teasing us by never being released. Yes, you guessed it: Top Gun Maverik. As this has been used with the 300 ANSI Lumen Mogo Pro+, 800 ANSI Lumen Elfin, and even 2200 ANSI Lumen Horizon Pro in a daytime setting, you can see the difference in detail a bit. Looking out for planes in dark areas of the hangar or the wooden chair in the background of one scene, you can see how these become visible the brighter the device.


Lastly, watching cartoons should work extremely well thanks to the flat colors, and the result is quite watchable even towards the afternoon. Our favorite game—Death Stranding—also becomes visible enough, so much so that I watched more of the opening sequence after snapping this picture and soaking in the soothing soundtrack of the opening scenes for a quick minute.