Since the NVIDIA Shield TV received its 5.0 update, there have been a lot of new tweaks and features that have come to light. We were able to find most of them, but some individuals on Reddit and XDA Developers found one that may be useful to hardcore gamers. Users will now be able to […]
The Linaro Digital Home Group has released a sample build of Android TV that is compatible with 96Boards. This uses the open source version of Android TV, without requiring Google services. Linaro, a working group of companies who build software for ARM processors, has continued to forward the advances and possibilities of applications on those […]
TvHeadend, “a TV streaming server and recorder for Linux, FreeBSD and Android”, is a way for you to stream various video sources to this software and then to your other devices. It is similar to the HDHomeRun in some ways, giving you access to various types of media tuners. With a recently published app on […]
If you’ve used Chrome, you’re probably familiar with the minigame that shows up when you can’t connect to the Internet. The dinosaur mascot will start running. You need to evade other dinosaurs and cacti until your Internet reconnects. This game has now been ported to Android TV inside of a WebView. It loads the game […]
It’s was Tuesday…but now it’s Thursday so you know what that means, NVIDIA bringing another game to the SHIELD TV and this one is a big name console title. Courtesy of the great developers at Square Enix SHIELD TV & Geforce Now members will be able to play as Adam Jensen in Deus Ex: Human […]
Since Facebook debuted live video on their social media platform, it has been adopted by a number of groups for a variety of reasons. It has been used to capture significant events without the classic need for journalists or television crews. From the Democrats sitting-in while C-SPAN cameras aren’t broadcasting, to activists protesting the Dakota […]
Last week we discussed the music visualization app projectM, which just released an app optimized for Android TV. Some comments noted their unenthusiasm about the default styles that are included in the app and asked how to use their own. This is a brief guide on how to download and use visualizations that you can […]
When you first load the game Epic Heroes, War, you are quickly pushed through a prologue to the story. It gives an outline of the world and your motivations for getting involved. It’s easy to brush aside this opening because the game itself doesn’t require any prior knowledge. The game is a side-scrolling fighter game […]
Users in the Android Beta Program may be seeing a message on their Nexus Players to update their software. Users will be instructed to update to Android 7.1.2. This is a small update, not even getting a bump up to the API version. It “is an incremental maintenance release focused on refinements”, so there isn’t anything […]
Users of Xiaomi’s Mi Box seem to have found a software update waiting. The patch, 500 MB in size, seems to omit any sort of helpful changelog. Some Redditors have found only a single change. Once updated, users will receive a dialog that invites them to a very brief free trial of Sling TV, a […]
Last week was when NVIDIA rolled out their much-awaited operating system update. The Shield Experience 5.0 is based on Android Nougat, 7.0. A lot of the new features were covered in our original first look last year, but NVIDIA has added a number of small tweaks as well. In our dedication to Android TV, we’re […]
As many of you know NVIDIA graced us with the Geforce Experience 5.0 update that brought a ton of changes and improvements for even the most hardcore cord cutters, yes those with a 10.1 setup, they care. Well they also gave us a new toy to play with, some of it new some of it stuff […]
Dolphin is a popular mobile and desktop emulator for GameCube games, and has had support for Android TV for a while. Version 4 had this handy feature that allowed you to customize the key bindings. My NVIDIA Shield gamepad is not the same as GameCube controller, and I am able to point certain buttons to […]
A Quick PSA for Shield 2015 owners. According to the Shield Experience 5.0.2 upgrade thread, Manuel Guzman from Nvidia has informed everyone that if you get an Installation Error with a BugDroid Logo during the install, that you should do the following: a) Unplug your SHIELD, wait 5 seconds, and plug power back. b) After […]
Android TV is all about media, and there are several ways to mix browsing and watching to optimize your viewing experience as much as possible. Picture-in-picture puts a video in a corner of the screen and lets another activity run behind it, a sort of multiwindow for TVs. Some video apps will continue to play […]
THIS IS A SIGN is a new app from the developer of PuppetMaster.TV and #SIDELOADTAG. As the name implies, it turns your TV into a digital sign, making it easy to do digital signage for free with a simple interface. There is a small in-app purchase to make it more suitable for permanent installations. We […]
If you have an Android phone or tablet, you may be familiar with the music visualizer tool projectM. It works with pretty much any music source you can think of to present a trippy visual experience in the foreground. Now there’s an Android TV version of the app which provides the same fascinating experience. The […]
You’re a Paper Airplane in Voxel Fly VR
This week we’re playing Voxel Fly VR, a free game in the Play Store developed by Cenda Games. In this game, you can choose from multiple types of flying vehicles made of paper and enter an obstacle course. Players must avoid other vehicles and blocks and go for the best score. There are two modes […]
Shield Experience 5.0 Rolls Out, is Android Nougat 7.0
NVIDIA has been testing the latest version of Android, Nougat, on the first-generation Shield. After a few weeks, they are now rolling out the update to all users. This is the same version of the operating system that has come by default with the second-generation Shield TV. With this update, both devices should be at […]
Hulu Adds Offline Playback, User Profiles
Hulu, one of the large streaming services that have launched in recent years, has added two high profile features this month that should help it better compete with Netflix and improve the experience for more users. Offline playback will allow users to cache certain TV shows on their device so they can play them back […]
FOX Sports to Stream Super Bowl Free
This year is Super Bowl LI, the 51st in the National Football League’s championship series. It’s a massive event, appealing to a wide audience with a halftime show, sports, and elaborate commercials, getting watched by over 110 million users last year. To expand their audience to the cordcutters, FOX will allow the competition to be […]
LG Gives In And Responds To User Complaints, Will Add Google Home And Multi-Room Support To Music Flow speakers
LG released its Music Flow speakers back in 2015 as one of the first third-party systems to take advantage of Google Cast. However, LG has been slow to implement new features, and buyers were beginning to fear LG had abandoned the products. It turns out if you complain enough they will listen! LG is adding […]
Explore the Seas in Oceanhorn
Oceanhorn is a new premium action game available for Android TV. It is a bit similar to Legend of Zelda in its gameplay. The protagonist must take his father’s personal effects and travel the world to defeat evil. The opening seemed to have a strong, if not cliche plot, and I’m sure that would continue […]
No, the new NVIDIA Shield Launcher does not show non-Leanback Apps
Just the other day I published an update to an app of mine that would allow you to place non-Leanback apps on your homescreen. This was done by dynamically creating an app which would simply redirect the user to the correct activity. This has gotten a lot of positive reception, although some users pointed out […]
Vizio SmartCast Now Has Google Home Support
Today Vizio gave SmartCast and Google Home users some pretty good news. All SmartCast devices including TVs, displays, sound bars and speakers are now compatible with Google Home, this means Google Home users can use their voice to control their entertainment. Using simple voice commands, Google Home users can adjust volume up and down, play, stop and […]
Google Cast for Education Turns Your Laptop into a Cast Receiver
Google has just published a new web app on the Chrome Web Store that allows your laptop to cast to another laptop, a useful asset in the classroom. Cast for Education allows you to turn your computer into a wireless projector for screen sharing from another device. Just install the app, give your device a […]
Tv App Repo Now Generates Leanback Shortcuts
Back in November I published the Tv App Repo, a project that would make it easy to sideload new apps by building the sideloading experience as a native app using the Leanback interface. The idea was to slowly build a collection of apps with included Leanback shortcut apps. At the time I had to generate […]
HDMI Specification 2.1 Introduces 8K Video
HDMI, the High-Definition Media Interface, is a standard around media playback. The specification received an update to version 2.1, now supporting 8K video at 60 Hz and 4K at 120 Hz. The news was announced at CES. The current trend in television sets is ultra-high definition, also known as 4K. A standard 4K display has […]
[Review] The Witness – Where Am I And Why The Puzzles?
Growing up I always played a variety of games, like Pac-man and Asteroids on my dad’s Atari 2600 which introduced me into gaming up to the Xbox, PC and SHIELD TV I play today. I’ve noticed in my more recent years I’m tending to see and buy more abstract games because they offer something new to […]
The Witness And No Man’s Sky Come To NVIDIA Shield
It’s Monday the 16th of January and with this comes the new SHIELD TV today and 2 games joining the SHIELD lineup. 1 on Android and exclusive to the SHIELD TVs both old and new and one via GeForce Now. The Witness First up we have The Witness, a single-player game in an open world […]