Nvidia continues to support a 2 year old Android product? Woah! - Nvidia releases Android 7.0 for Shield TV 2015

[AlTech]

In case you didn't notice, which I wouldn't blame you if you didn't, Nvidia has released Android 7.0 Nougat to the 2015 Shield TV owners.

 

This is interesting stuff. This change was only made possible by Nvidia developing the Tegra X1 as a 64 Bit only SOC. If any of you remember the Tegra K1, that was available as a quad core 32 bit CPU or a dual core 64 Bit CPU. Devices with the 32 Bit Tegra K1 such as the Shield Tablet K1 will never get Android 7.0 which is a shame.

 

Anyways, I'm getting a bit off topic here.

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Under the hood, the big change here of course is the upgrade to Android 7.0 “Nougat.” The latest version of Android doesn’t do quite as much for Android TV devices as we’ve seen on tablets and phones, but of note it adds support for a recent apps page, writing to USB/SD storage, and a new picture-in-picture mode. The latest update also adds support for NVIDIA’s 2017 hardware accessories: the revised SHIELD Remote (Pepper) and SHIELD Game Controller (Thunderstrike).

 

It also has an Amazon Video App which is fine I guess.

 

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Meanwhile the biggest user-facing change is the addition of an Amazon Video app. While NVIDIA has been focused on growing out the video/app selection of their STB since it launched in 2015, Amazon has until now been a very notable absence.

 

I'm not quite sure how Nvidia is handling HDR support through backwards compatibility cos I'm pretty sure Maxwell didn't have the required tech for HDR.

 

And of course Nvidia is choosing to keep the existing GeforceNow for Shield Android TV as is and will remain $8/month and is completely independent of the GeforceNow for Computers.

 

http://www.anandtech.com/show/11080/nvidia-releases-android-70-update-for-2015-shield-tv-adds-amazon-video-app

[AlTech]

Also, I forgot to give props/kudos to Nvidia for supporting 2 year old Hardware. This really needs to become a thing more in the Android consumer space.

[Master Disaster]

My Shield TV got this update on Thursday and its pretty baller, I took the opportunity to format my Shield and start again as it was getting clogged and now its like a different device. Love the new settings menu layout, so much easier to use plus double tapping back finally brings up the suspended apps list and you can double tap the volume slider on your remote to play/pause too.

 

Also I don't know where you heard the Shield Tablet would never get Android N but I read the exact opposite last week, Nvidia have hinted at the Shield Tablet K1 getting N in a few months.

 

http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/01/17/nvidia-says-shield-tablet-k1-will-get-android-7-0-update-several-weeks/

[SCHISCHKA]

sucks for the tablet. I had a choice between tablet and the tv and I chose tablet coz it played the same games but was more portable. I should've bought the 500GB model of the TV

[FloRolf]

25 minutes ago, AluminiumTech said:

Also, I forgot to give props/kudos to Nvidia for supporting 2 year old Hardware. This really needs to become a thing more in the Android consumer space.

You know that the "new" Shield TV uses the EXACT same Hardware as the 2015 model, right?

So imho all this is not very "woah"

[AlTech]

4 minutes ago, FloRolf said:

You know that the "new" Shield TV uses the EXACT same Hardware as the 2015 model, right?

So imho all this is not very "woah"

I know. I just wasn't getting many views and comments on this post and so I added clickbait.

[Master Disaster]

2 minutes ago, AluminiumTech said:

I know. I just wasn't getting many views and comments on this post and so I added clickbait.

Well Luke actually did a video on it last week

[AlTech]

1 minute ago, Master Disaster said:

Well Luke actually did a video on it last week

He talked about the 2017 version not the 2015 version.

[Master Disaster]

27 minutes ago, AluminiumTech said:

He talked about the 2017 version not the 2015 version.

Nope, he clearly said the 2015 model was getting updated to the same Android version as the 2017 model. He even talked about how he was excited because his Shield TV was getting the update.

[potoooooooo]

Most phones get out to 2 years, it's after 2 where you're probably out of luck

[AlTech]

10 minutes ago, Master Disaster said:

Nope, he clearly said the 2015 model was getting updated to the same Android version as the 2017 model.

I wasn't paying attention sorry.

 

1 minute ago, potoooooooo said:

Most phones get out to 2 years, it's after 2 where you're probably out of luck

Lol nope. Most OEMs usually support for 1.5 years and then bam.

[tlink]

4 minutes ago, huilun02 said:

Removable battery + XDA = immortal phone

 

Counting on the manufacturer for official updates is a big mistake. The software dev community does it faster and without you having to fork out a single dime. 

this is exactly why i choose my phone based on the XDA community. also why i love oneplus because they actively support rooting etc.

[KuJoe]

I wish EVGA still supported their gaming tablet, instead they pushed out an update to make the $250 tablet useless and stopped supporting it.

[suicidalfranco]

31 minutes ago, huilun02 said:

Removable battery + XDA = immortal phone

 

Counting on the manufacturer for official updates is a big mistake. The software dev community does it faster and without you having to fork out a single dime. 

ex note 2 user, only switched phone to get better performance in games, bought it in 2012 used it till march 2016, had marshmallow on it even before LG released the ota for the v10. such a great phone, cm roms even have support for the s-pen

[Guest Kloaked]

Nvidia are such SHitL0rdS for doing this. #PlannedObsolescence

 

 

 

 

 

Wait...

[RxL]

Spoiler

2 hours ago, AluminiumTech said:

In case you didn't notice, which I wouldn't blame you if you didn't, Nvidia has released Android 7.0 Nougat to the 2015 Shield TV owners.

 

This is interesting stuff. This change was only made possible by Nvidia developing the Tegra X1 as a 64 Bit only SOC. If any of you remember the Tegra K1, that was available as a quad core 32 bit CPU or a dual core 64 Bit CPU. Devices with the 32 Bit Tegra K1 such as the Shield Tablet K1 will never get Android 7.0 which is a shame.

 

Anyways, I'm getting a bit off topic here.

 

It also has an Amazon Video App which is fine I guess.

 

 

I'm not quite sure how Nvidia is handling HDR support through backwards compatibility cos I'm pretty sure Maxwell didn't have the required tech for HDR.

 

And of course Nvidia is choosing to keep the existing GeforceNow for Shield Android TV as is and will remain $8/month and is completely independent of the GeforceNow for Computers.

 

http://www.anandtech.com/show/11080/nvidia-releases-android-70-update-for-2015-shield-tv-adds-amazon-video-app

 

Not a bad read but i must say that you are wrong about the Nvidia Shield Tablet K1 not getting nougat as nvidia miguel has confirmed it will be coming to the K1 in a few weeks time

 

Go to Post #12

https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/988332/shield-tablet/will-shield-tablet-receive-android-nougat-update-/post/5060182/#5060182

 

 

[AlTech]

4 minutes ago, RxL said:

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Not a bad read but i must say that you are wrong about the Nvidia Shield Tablet K1 not getting nougat as nvidia miguel has confirmed it will be coming to the K1 in a few weeks time

 

Go to Post #12

https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/988332/shield-tablet/will-shield-tablet-receive-android-nougat-update-/1/

 

 

Ohhhh. So Nvidia worked around the disk encryption problem......

[RxL]

1 minute ago, AluminiumTech said:

Ohhhh. So Nvidia worked around the disk encryption problem......

Im not sure what problem you are refering too but i know from experience with my K1 that us K1 users usually have to wait for some time before we actually get the update im not to fussed this time about time scale as i hardly use my tablet like i used to but still good to know we are getting the latest android update

[suicidalfranco]

2 minutes ago, AluminiumTech said:

Ohhhh. So Nvidia worked around the disk encryption problem......

the wonders of open source software

[Bouzoo]

1 hour ago, AluminiumTech said:

I know. I just wasn't getting many views and comments on this post and so I added clickbait.

You, the same person who complains when other posts are clickbait? No way. 

[AlTech]

7 minutes ago, suicidalfranco said:

the wonders of open source software

 

8 minutes ago, RxL said:

Im not sure what problem you are refering too but i know from experience with my K1 that us K1 users usually have to wait for some time before we actually get the update im not to fussed this time about time scale as i hardly use my tablet like i used to but still good to know we are getting the latest android update

I was referring to the problem with Android 7.0 where almost all 32 Bit CPUs got ditched in terms of support.

 

This was because ARM designed CPU cores which implement Aarch32 do not support full disk encryption on them. ARM's 64 Bit CPU cores which utilize Aarch64 support full disk encryption with a negligible performance impact.

 

the only 32 bit SOC I know of which supports full disk encryption is the Snapdragon 805 found in the Nexus 6.

[Guest Kloaked]

7 minutes ago, Bouzoo said:

You, the same person who complains when other posts are clickbait? No way. 

'Member that time I made fun of LTT and other Youtuber's advertisements? It was satire.

 

Fun isn't allowed. Except when it is, man. Don't you know?

[suicidalfranco]

1 minute ago, AluminiumTech said:

 

I was referring to the problem with Android 7.0 where almost all 32 Bit CPUs got ditched in terms of support.

 

This was because ARM designed CPU cores which implement Aarch32 and did not support full disk encryption on them. ARM's 64 Bit CPU cores which utilize Aarch64 support full disk encryption with a negligible performance impact.

i know but since android is open source, Nvidia can easily (figuratively) recode nougat to not include the obligatory disk encryption, with more ease than all the OEM who use qualcomm's chip since qualcomm doesn't give anyone the source code of their drivers

[EurypteridX]

That is actually a good thing....they don't forget their old products like others do

[Shadow Bullet]

The Shield Tablet K1 is getting Android 7.0, NVIDIA said it themselves, it would be "in a few weeks" Source: https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/988332/shield-tablet/will-shield-tablet-receive-android-nougat-update-/1/ 

 

"Yes Android N is coming to the NVIDIA SHIELD Tablet and NVIDIA SHIELD Tablet K1." from ManuelGuzman