Before talking about the actual software update related to the NVIDIA Shield Tablet, we would first like to introduce the tablet to you. The tablet designed by NVIDIA was announced in July 2014 and was released the same month of the year.
The NVIDIA Shield Tablet was a much sleek and powerful device introduced by the company. The tablet lets you to connect with an external controller and works as gaming console. Well most people would think of it as a gaming console. The tablet also features a Stylus developed by the company which performs very well.
Without further ado, I will share the specs sheet of the NVIDIA Shield Tablet.
Dimensions: 221 x 126 x 9.2 mm (8.70 x 4.96 x 0.36 in)
Weight: 390 g (13.76 oz)
Type: Capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size: 1920 x 1200 pixels, 8.0 inches (~283 ppi pixel density)
Card slot: microSD
Internal: 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band
Bluetooth: v4.0, A2DP, LE
USB: microUSB v2.0
OS: Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Chipset: Nvidia Tegra K1
CPU: Quad-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A15
GPU: ULP GeForce Kepler (192 cores)
Colors: Black
Now that you have an idea of the tablet, I would now like to tell you about the software update related to the tablet. The update rollout of the NVIDIA Shield Tablet brings a lot of bug fixes and performance updates. It will bring improvements to Wi-Fi stability, camera performance, ShadowPlay feature, audio optimizations, and a few other things.
Here is a list of contained updates and fixes the software update has brought.
- Improved WiFi stability in certain scenarios
- Improved camera performance
- NVIDIA PRISM feature toggle
- Stability improvements to SHIELD Hub and Gamestream
- ShadowPlay performance optimizations
- Localization improvements
- Audio optimizations
- Misc. stability improvements
So, it is good news if you own a NVIDIA Shield Tablet yourself.