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The NVIDIA SHIELD is a strange device. It has Assistant built-in, but it sometimes lacks features of other Assistant devices. You can also control the SHIELD from other Assistant devices, but it doesn't have all the standard Chroemcast features. NVIDIA says "deeper integration" with Google Home is rolling out now, which may help to smooth out some inconsistencies.

Unfortunately, NVIDIA is pulling a Google here and has mixed in new things with old.

NVIDIA adds more Google Home integration to SHIELD was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

Nvidia's Shield TV is perhaps one of the best supported devices in recent memory. The original unit from 2015 and its refreshed sibling from 2017 are both getting another software update, starting today. Shield TV Software Experience 7.1 has an impressive changelog, full of new stuff and improvements.

Here's a quick rundown of what Nvidia says is included with Software Experience 7.1:

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Nvidia Shield TV Software Experience 7.1 adds in-game voice chat support, several GeForce Now improvements, and more was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

NVIDIA's SHIELD TV hasn't been getting any younger, but it's still the Android TV box to have. It was available for $139 last month, but for one day only. Best Buy currently has the same deal (okay, it's an extra 99 cents), and you can get a controller for an extra $40 on top of that.

The SHIELD TV's angular design is backed up by a powerful Tegra X1 chipset with a 256-core Maxwell GPU.

[Deal Alert] NVIDIA SHIELD Android TV down to $140 ($40 off) from Best Buy was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

Probably the only Android TV box worth consistent attention is the Nvidia Shield TV, which does just about everything the right way. It comes with a handy physical remote, but still, some users have called for a mobile app. Nvidia is finally giving them what they want.

The Shield TV app is currently labeled 'unreleased' and is being tested by Nvidia ahead of a formal unveiling. It includes several virtual tools, such as remote buttons, a mousepad, and a keyboard.

Nvidia is testing a Shield TV app with virtual remote, mousepad, and keyboard [APK Download] was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

Despite how much I love my Shield TV and how often we use it in my household for streaming videos and playing games, I can't help but scratch my head a little at what NVIDIA is doing here. The company is rehashing its streaming box for the umpteenth time with another bundle and no price incentive to make anyone want to jump on board.

The new 2017 Shield TV, which was more or less a rehashed version of the older one, already comes in three versions: a $299 Pro with 500GB of storage and some hardware enhancements, a $179 16GB version with just the remote, and a $199 16GB with the remote and the game controller.

NVIDIA Shield TV Smart Home Edition comes with a SmartThings Link hub for $219.99 ($1 more than if bought separately) was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

We've been waiting for this one; Amazon's latest Prime Day deal features the NVIDIA SHIELD Android TV for a mere $139. That's $40 off the normal price, making this a real steal if you want a powerful streaming box for your TV.

The SHIELD is the only Android TV box worth owning. It has all the usual streaming features you'd expect, plus it can act as a Plex server, SmartThings hub, and a gaming machine with GeForce Now.

[Deal Alert] NVIDIA SHIELD Android TV on sale for $139 via Amazon, but not for long was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

It was just a few weeks ago when NVIDIA announced it was ending paid subscriptions on GeForce NOW on the SHIELD. NVIDIA didn't talk about what it had planned, but we speculated it would move to a model like the one it was testing for PC. Yep, that's just what it's doing. NVIDIA is preparing to roll out an "upgraded" GeForce Now experience on the SHIELD that lets you play PC games you already own.

NVIDIA announces GeForce NOW upgrade for SHIELD Android TV was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

It was just a few weeks ago when NVIDIA announced it was ending paid subscriptions on GeForce NOW on the SHIELD. NVIDIA didn't talk about what it had planned, but we speculated it would move to a model like the one it was testing for PC. Yep, that's just what it's doing. NVIDIA is preparing to roll out an "upgraded" GeForce Now experience on the SHIELD that lets you play PC games you already own.

NVIDIA announces GeForce NOW upgrade for SHIELD Android TV was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

NVIDIA began updating the SHIELD Android TV to Oreo a few weeks ago, but that update was quickly halted to address several issues. Now, NVIDIA says the Oreo update is all fixed up and ready to go. The v7.0 update includes a new home screen, more apps, bundled games, and more.

Here's the full changelog for the SHIELD Experience 7.0.

The SHIELD Experience 7.0 (Oreo) is now rolling out to all NVIDIA SHIELD Android TVs was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

NVIDIA started rolling out the Android 8.0 Oreo update to its SHIELD TV last week, and with it came the new launcher, the latest security updates, plenty of improvements, but also "a couple of issues." That's why NVIDIA is halting the update until it can fix things and resume the rollout.

The news was announced by a tech support rep on the GeForce forums. Here is his statement:

Hi All

We’ve uncovered a couple issues thanks to feedback from our preview program that we’d like to fix prior to rolling out SHIELD TV Experience Upgrade 7.0 to more users.

NVIDIA halts SHIELD TV's Oreo update because of "a couple of issues" was written by the awesome team at Android Police.