By Gerald Lynch
The Nvidia Shield is one of our favorite media center devices. With Android TV at its heart, it’s a powerful and versatile machine that’s just as capable for gamers as it is for TV and movie fanatics alike. Being a few years old, it’d be fair to imagine Nvidia abandoning support for the streaming-focussed box. But as proven by a major update rolling out this week, that’s not the case.
Android Oreo 8.0 will be rolling out to all Nvidia Shield users in the coming days and weeks, bringing with it an all-new UI and deep Google Assistant integration.
UI improvements
The first obvious changes come to the interface. Older versions of Android TV have been been arranged into a grid of oblong shaped app icons, with trending and recent content taking up the first row, and groups of apps (such as games) following below.
That hasn’t been altered drastically, but it’s now been reorganised into a system to make it faster to jump into the content you’re most likely to want. So you’ve now got a general, customisable apps row up top, followed by a “Play Next” row which lets you jump into shows or games that you’ve previously been …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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