Shield TV Hits A Decade Of Android Updates As NVIDIA Reveals Future Plans

In just a matter of weeks, NVIDIA's original Shield TV console will turn 10 years old. What makes the milestone particularly remarkable is that even after a full decade of service, NVIDIA continues to dish out Android updates, and it has no plans of stopping. It's true that device makers have gotten better about longer term support for Android devices, but NVIDIA stands in a class all of its own with its ongoing commitment to keep the Shield TV relevant year after year.

This resonates with us because several of us at Hot Hardware own (or have owned) and still use a Shield TV console for our smart chores. Site owner Dave Altavilla actually owns two of them and when I was chatting with him about it, he described it as "still the best Android TV streamer on the market." That's not an unpopular opinion around these ...