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The updates of NVIDIA Shield had been given its way to enter in the game streaming market under the service of GeFORCE NOW. Moreover, the OTA update of NVIDIA Shield Android TV addresses some issues to several codecs and configuration directly for the improvements of its HTPC feature.

NVIDIA Shield aims to bring the immersive quality of graphics in games without the installer or DVD of games that could only occupy the massive amount of the console memory. As reported by the Anandtech, the updated premium gaming hub enables to stream the high graphical games from the cloud storage, so the HTPC enthusiast could enjoy of playing in gaming stream services.

On the other hand, the OTA update is labeled as SHIELD SOFTWARE UPGRADE 2.0. Additionally, this will bring notable set of features to enhance the software capabilities, according to the Android Community.

The feature included with the ability to set the display with the refresh rate of 23.976 Hz, as well as the UI. Nevertheless, NVIDIA expected that the third party app developer could optimize the display refresh rate based on the content frame rate using the new API's. Based on the GeForce Forum, NVIDIA SHIELD is getting some new codec supports that include Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio lossless audio.

Furthermore, NVIDIA Shield Android TV is particularly working with the third party app developer MX Player and Koda, in order for them to obtain the important features that provided to the OTA update. It is for the sake of media enhancement that users could truly enjoy watching movies in Google Play, Netflix and some Bluray movie rips.

The update could be able to play a lot of Android high quality streaming games. It will be capable of supporting Ultra 4k HD resolution for specific Android game that could be able to render the enormous resolution. Games like Beach Buggy Racing, Bombsquad, Hardwood Solitaire IV, Riptide GP 2, Kosmik Revenge, Video Poker Duel, Leo's Fortune, Machinarium, Meltdown, Never Alone, Samurai II, and Sky Gamblers: Storm Raiders are can be played to the NVIDIA Shield Android TV console with the impressive enhancement provided to the update.