- #NVIDIA SHIELD CONTROLLER MANUAL ANDROID#
- #NVIDIA SHIELD CONTROLLER MANUAL PRO#
- #NVIDIA SHIELD CONTROLLER MANUAL SOFTWARE#
All other new features on the Shield TV have been added to the original Shield TV with firmware and software updates, but for hands-free voice control you'll need to purchase the updated Shield Controller for $60. It's designed to pick up voices when sitting on a table in front of you, enabling completely hands-free voice control with Google Assistant, like a Google Home speaker. The microphone on the controller is possibly the most important hardware change.
A micro USB port on the top lets you charge the built-in battery or use the controller wired. A 3.5mm headset jack sits on the underside of the controller, facing down toward the user. Back, Play, and Home buttons sit on the bottom edge of the gamepad, below the analog sticks. A silver panel in the middle of the gamepad holds the Nvidia logo on a button that activates the Shield's voice search and voice control features, available thanks to the pinhole microphone just above the button. The edges of the triangles aren't sharp, and the controller feels comfortable and fairly smooth in the hand.īesides the triangle-covered shell, the controller has all of the usual components: two analog sticks (arranged parallel to each other in a DualShock layout), a direction pad, four face buttons (A/B/X/Y, arranged in an Xbox layout), and two pairs of shoulder buttons. The Shield Controller is much lighter at just nine ounces, with a Tron-like pattern of triangles etched into its matte black plastic body. Nvidia drastically overhauled the look and feel of the wireless gamepad from the first Shield TV. While it's designed to be used laying flat on a table, you can stand the Shield TV vertically with an optional $20 vertical stand accessory, just like with the original. The back panel holds an HDMI port, two USB 3.0 ports, an Ethernet port, and a connector for the included power adapter. The top is mostly matte black plastic with a few angular textured lines, surrounding a large glossy black triangle that sits elevated to show the glowing green power light along its edge. It's a not-quite-rectangular box with slightly uneven lines the front and right panels are rectangles, the left and back panels are trapezoids, and the rectangular top panel is covered in triangles. The current Shield TV ($330.00 at Amazon) shares the angular aesthetic of the original, but in a slightly smaller and flatter 0.5-by-6.0-by-3.7-inch (HWD) package. The Shield Controller is $59.99 on its own, so we wholeheartedly recommend the $200 version of the Shield TV over the remote-only one. The $179.99 model includes a simple remote control, while the $199.99 version includes both the remote and Shield Controller gamepad, which is necessary for hands-free voice control with Google Assistant.
#NVIDIA SHIELD CONTROLLER MANUAL PRO#
The Shield TV is available in two versions, both of which have 16GB of storage (a higher capacity Shield TV Pro with a 500GB hard drive is no longer available).
It's an expensive media streamer, but gamers will find its features and processing power very intriguing. Even better, it now has Google Assistant with support for hands-free voice commands if you get the Shield Controller. The current Shield TV costs just as much and has the same hardware, but Nvidia has had two years to build up its gaming features and really separate it from the competition. Nvidia's Android-based microconsole was incredibly powerful, and the first 4K-capable media streamer we tested, but it also was almost as expensive as a dedicated game console. We were tepid on the original Shield TV when it was released in 2015.
#NVIDIA SHIELD CONTROLLER MANUAL ANDROID#
With all of this happening close together, it’s possible NVIDIA may look to launch the new SHIELD Android TV in the fall, but nothing is guaranteed. In addition to the updated console, new SHIELD Remote and SHIELD Controller devices also went through the FCC last week. Officially, the equipment is labeled as the SHIELD Android TV Game Console. Listed under the labeling portion, we see that the device is definitely rectangular in shape, and that the console features 802.11ac WiFi. Inside the filing, but not viewable by the public, everything you might want to see is inside, including user manuals, external photos, and test set-up photos.Įven though we can’t see what it is exactly, we can make a pretty educated guess.
Listed in the documents, the console carries a model number of P2897, but due to confidentiality requests from NVIDIA, not much else is known. According to a FCC filing made public, NVIDIA may launch an updated SHIELD Android TV console this year.