r/ShieldAndroidTV

40K archived posts · May 2015 – Sep 2026

All things Shield TV - an Android streaming and gaming box by NVIDIA.

r/ShieldAndroidTV

A subreddit about the NVIDIA Shield TV - the world-class premium streamer for gamers running Android TV https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/shield/

Created May 21, 2015

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##About Shield Android TV The NVIDIA Shield Android TV is a high-powered Android TV device, featuring a Tegra X1 and 3GB of RAM ^(source) . It comes in two versions - a 16 GB version for $199/£199 and a 500GB version for $299/£299. It can function as a Plex server. The 2017 editions come with an always listening games controller that offers Google Assistant support.

The Shield Android TV supports Youtube, Netflix, Google Assistant, Plex, Kodi ^^(or ^^the ^^optimized ^^SPMC) and many other Android video-streaming apps and games. Many android apps can be successfully sideloaded if not available on the store. It's also compatible with the GeForce Now game streaming, a service from NVIDIA costing $7.99 per month. Samsung SmartThings hub support (using a dongle) is coming.

##Related Subreddits

##Other useful links

NVIDIA Official Shield TV Forum
NVIDIA Shield Official FAQ
Shield TV on XDA Developers
Contact NVIDIA Customer Care
How to submit a bug report to NVIDIA.^^(You ^^can ^^also ^^email ^^NVIDIASHIELDFeedback@nvidia.com ^^with ^^a ^^follow ^^up ^^or ^^more ^^detail)
u/NV_Cory is an NVIDIA representative

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