In case you were still holding out hope for Android Oreo goodies on the NVIDIA Shield Tablet and Tablet K1, the updates are definitely not happening.
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Google Assistant is adding Android TV set-top boxes and smart TVs to a list of voice-enhanced devices including phones, watches, speakers and headphones.
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Technically, the NVIDIA Shield TV set-top box isn't getting upgraded or revised today. It's merely ditching the controller to save you 20 bucks.
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If you use a "duck plug" head on your AC adapter for that NVIDIA Shield, Shield TV or got it from a charger kit, get a free replacement unit, stat.
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Anyone remember when Tegra SoCs powered such varied and popular devices as the Motorola Atrix 4G, OG Nexus 7, Microsoft Surface and Surface 2, HTC One X and One X+? Those were the times for NVIDIA, which then inexplicably lost the battle for smartphone and tablet processor supremacy with Qualcomm, also failing to compete against the likes of MediaTek on affordability.Nowadays, you can count on the fingers of one hand the semi-relevant commercial products packing Tegra K1 or X1 punch: the homebrewed NVIDIA Shield Tablet, ...
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When it’s not busy investigating carriers for their dubious mobile security update practices, the US Federal Communications Commission often acts as an official tipster of sorts, revealing precious information on as-yet unreleased products.The latest such device to break its cover while seeking the FCC’s regulatory approval is likely the highly anticipated and long overdue follow-up to the 2014-dispatched 8-inch NVIDIA Shield.Technically, the compact gaming tablet was already refreshed ...
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Well, that took long enough.At the start of February, NVIDIA has made good on its promise to update its original Shield gaming tablet after upgrading the Shield K1 just before Christmas. Everything gets a refresh from wallpapers to new HD Image Effects and all of the stock goodies Android Marshmallow provides. With gaming apps taking a whole lot of space,
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It’s not every day that you see an Android tablet manufacturer unveil basically the same exact product as a year before, just with a slightly tweaked name, lower price and no bundled-in accessories. But NVIDIA did at least promise to update the Tegra K1-powered 8-inch Shield to Marshmallow shortly after its debut.The gaming specialist will be looking to make good on the vow before Christmas, but first, a few details about what’s coming. In a ...
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Just because NVIDIA jumped the gun with what looked like an early Black Friday deal on the Shield Android TV set-top box last week, it doesn’t mean the gaming pro can’t up the bargain ante between November 26 and 28.Thursday through Saturday therefore, you can grab the microconsole for even less directly from the Santa Clara-based device manufacturer, as well as Best Buy, GameStop, Micro Center, and Fry’s Electronics.What does this less mean? An incredibly reasonable $150, which is technically ...
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The black month discount fever is slowly but surely taking over carriers, retailers and device manufacturers as diverse as T-Mobile, Cricket Wireless, Best Buy, HTC, and NVIDIA, with the last name added on that list offering a promotion bound to thrill both gamers ...
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NVIDIA hasn’t necessarily had the fame its fought for in the smartphone and tablet space, which is rather sad since the days of the Tegra 3 disappointments are long gone. As a result the company has branched out to create its own hardware in order to showcase its capabilities, and some of these products are rather cool and unique. One of these is the NVIDIA Shield Android TV box, which was launched back in May, and that just received a major update.One of the major improvements with the update is ...
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Does bad luck exist? A rational mind would think not, but considering all the missteps NVIDIA’s been dealing with lately, it’s easy to see how you might be tempted to believe otherwise. First we saw major OEMs lose their taste for Tegra-series SoCs, then NVIDIA’s own hardware suffered the public embarrassment of a recall, as certain Shield Tablet models were identified as posing a fire risk due to faulty batteries. Lest you think that was all in NVIDIA’s past, now the ...
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Head on over to the online Google Store, and you’ll find devices like the Nexus 6, Nexus 9, Chromecast, and Nexus Player, all up for sale. While that makes the site the go-to stop for Google’s own hardware, there are a few third-party devices that still manage to score this kind of exposure: things like the Razer Forge Android TV bundle. Now we’re seeing another manufacturer of Android TV hardware get its device added to the highly selective list of Google Store merchandise, as NVIDIA brings ...
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One of the more surprising device launches of last year was of Nvidia’s Shield handheld, an Android-powered mini console with a host of nifty Nvidia utilities. We, along with many others, felt the device grow on us with the passage of time, so we’re glad to see support for the device is still top-notch, as evidenced by today’s Nvidia Shield update bringing with it some bugfixes.The update comes in at a beefy 480MB, quite large for an update of this caliber, but all of these fixes are very much welcome – those screen rotation issues and the disappearing Twitch icon ...
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Earlier this month, details started coming together in a hurry about NVIDIA’s plans for its latest Android hardware, and we rounded last week out with a detailed leak seeming to reveal all about the company’s new Shield Tablet. The hardware specs and product shots making up that find were accompanied by rumors of a July 22 launch date, and just as promised, NVIDIA has gone ahead and formally unveiled its new gaming lineup.The Shield Tablet is the star of the show, with an eight-inch 1080p ...
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