The newest replace is being rolled out to Nvidia Defend units. It’s packing an working system improve to Android 11, and with that come another nifty adjustments and a bunch of elevated compatibility.
With the Android 11 improve, we additionally see new apps which can be glad to play good on the Nvidia Shield. For those who consumer their machine to stream video it seems like excellent news all spherical. The replace consists of IMDb TV, a service that boasts free motion pictures and TV reveals. Apple TV, Google Play, now have 4k Dolby Imaginative and prescient HDR assist, and IQIYI can be there offering tons of free motion pictures and reveals from Asia. The Nvidia Defend may also connect with their very own catalogues from numerous companies utilizing Motion pictures Wherever which hyperlinks into Google Play.
These in the USA may also signal as much as a deal providing six months of free entry to Peacock Premium, NBC’s streaming service.
For the players, updates have additionally been made to GeForce Now compatibility. Nvidia’s sport streaming service is a paid membership that lets customers stream from a robust PC within the firm’s care, slightly than needing one in every of your personal. That’s when it works as intended. It’s a very good pairing with the protect, however with extra TVs like Logitech supporting the software itself, we could also be seeing much less and fewer of those little machines, for this goal no less than. Twitch will even now permit for prime quality streaming and gaming on the identical time inside the app.
Following final 12 months’s replace to bring current gen gaming controllers to the Shield, Bluetooth compatibility has additionally been improved. Xbox, PlayStation and Defend controllers now all have assist for a Stadia button for some purpose and Qualcomm’s AptX codec suitable headsets are actually absolutely supported. There’s additionally a setting to now routinely disconnect Bluetooth units when the Defend sleeps, which is able to doubtless save many a battery.
These are all welcome additions, however maybe not those many Nvidia Defend customers have been hoping for in some methods. Many within the feedback on Nvidia’s blog are calling for automated refresh fee matching which appears to be inflicting customers stuttering points utilizing Dolby Imaginative and prescient with some TVs, and even new {hardware} for the Defend itself. Others are simply hoping to do away with the advertisements included on the platform.
