Nvidia revealed recently that the company has no plans to end support for the Shield TV and, as if to put a cherry on top, a new update is now rolling out.
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TCL’s Google TV lineup is about to get a fresh Android 14 update, with a couple of new features in tow.
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While the focus has very much shifted to Google TV, the older Android TV experience is still getting updates from time to time, with the latest addition being a “Free” content tab that replaces the current design’s namesake.
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A strange issue has left YouTube and YouTube TV apps inaccessible on the Nvidia Shield TV, but the issue is being addressed as we speak.
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Over six years after the last hardware release, Nvidia Shield TV continues to get updates, this time with the 9.2.2 upgrade rolling out with some quality-of-life improvements.
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Google TV might be the platform of choice for Pixel fans, but Roku still maintains a massive hold over the streaming experience. With its latest update, the company’s delivering some pretty big enhancements to how search works on the platform — including the addition of AI voice support — while also adding live sports scores and making it much easier to start watching something during Friday movie nights.
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Philips is finally bringing its neat “Ambilight” TVs to the US market, with Roku TVs available starting today with their built-in lightstrip effect.
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Starting today, the Roku Sports experience will start showing content from YouTube TV including NFL games via Sunday Ticket.
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Google is giving Android TV a rare update, with some new promoted categories appearing on the homescreen for some.
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Google TV has taken the focus of Android TV for the most part, including with major OS upgrades slowly vanishing from the older experience. Walmart recently rolled out one of the only Android TV 14 updates to date to some of its older devices, but has since pulled the update.
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We’ve only seen a couple of devices get the Android 14 update for TVs and, so far, they’ve all been for Google TV. Now, though, Walmart has rolled out one of the first Android 14 updates for Android TV.
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Beyond Android 16 for TV, Google at I/O 2025 detailed what’s coming to Google TV. This includes a push for cheaper smart televisions with low RAM that run Google TV.
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Nvidia hasn’t refreshed the Shield TV in over five years, but the company keeps software support going, with a new update now widely available with various bug fixes and newly added support for gaming at 120fps via GeForce Now.
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Amid some problems with HDR content, Roku is also clarifying how its “Pause Ads” work.
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Nvidia is rolling out a new hotfix update for the Shield TV which delivers a handful of fixes, but the update isn’t available to everyone.
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If you’ve tried to use YouTube TV on your Roku in the past day only to find the app has disappeared, you’re not alone, and there’s a potential fix available too.
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Roku users have run into autoplaying ads when their first turn their TVs on lately, which Roku says is a “test.”
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We know that YouTube is becoming a new home for podcasts, but to help expand, the dedicated Android TV apps dedicated “Podcasts” sidebar tab is now rolling out widely.
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Introduced a few months ago, the AI dubbing function is one of the few excellent uses of the technology to try and open videos to a wider global audience. To help with that YouTube on Android TV now has a “Dubbed” tag to help you see which videos have been translated using AI.
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The first major and widely available Nvidia Shield TV update released in over two years is now rolling out to users, and it brings a ton of bug fixes among other tweaks.
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For many YouTube TV viewers on Roku, a problem with fast-forwarding while watching DVR recordings is causing playback problems as the content is left frozen.
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Roku is adding a new feature that allows users to put a camera feed into a picture-in-picture window on the TV, among other new additions.
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Over three years after its release, Walmart has just rolled out a very unexpected update on top of Android TV 12 for its 2021 Onn 4K streaming box.
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The Nvidia Shield TV is getting another new update, but a known issue is that it could break support for Google Home.
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