I don't think so. The boxes are old and have had their day. Himedia only supports them because there is nothing else currently on the market.
The S1 Dongle from Himedia has the same SoC as the Q30 on board. As a feature Widevine and Playready are given, but Netflix should display 4k.

But I haven't seen it in the wild yet. Especially as it would be quite interesting to see Android 8.0 on it with a view to Android 9.0 (Pie) from 2019.

I'm afraid you have a completely wrong thinking. If you choose an Android-based device, you should be willing to fix the bugs yourself. Even if it is based on the community. Because, an Android device never runs very well. Especially with the China Floundern here not much is tested. One sees again and again at the Firmwares which are published here by Himedia. The FWs grows with the customer. Unfortunately this is the case everywhere.

If you want a working system, never buy an Android device. Then you'd better go to Apple, they patch their mistakes quite promptly. At Himedia you sometimes have to wait several months or even years. Or forever.

See analogously the security status of January 2017!! Means, more or less we get the same FW-status since 2 years! Except for a few apps that will be recompiled, like the PackageInstaller last time. A lot has changed, I had taken them apart, but not tested them, see above.

We had this stuff only one page back.
http://www.futeko.com/newforum/index.php?topic=4047.0

The only requirement for licensing is a small membership fee.
https://www.avguide.ch/magazin/high-dynamic-range-10-plus-hdr10-neuer-standard-fuer-beste-bildqualitaet

It's still HDR 10+ not HDR+. HDR+ was an image enhancer from Samsung TVs.
HDR10+ is supported by Amazon's Fire TV Stick 4k among others. But no idea if it only supports streaming apps or MKVs with HDR 10+.

@futeko.com

Why have we been given the same fw for more than two years now? Security level is still 01.01.2017!!!
ro.build.version.security_patch=2017-01-01
The only changes are always to be found in the videoplayer.apk. if necessary a few more libs or something else.
Does himedia not attach importance to security? Meltdown and Spectre are not a term?

If you had read yourself in before, you would know that you can no longer get passthrough sound in Kodi with HiMedia. Use the HiMedia Player via wrapper in Kodi and it works.