NVIDIA has released a handful of Android-powered gaming devices over the past few years. The company’s Shield brand of devices includes Shield tablets, the Shield TVÂ box, and a device that’s now called the Shield Portable, but which was just called the NVIDIA Shield when it was launched, since it was the first device to wear […]
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NVIDIA Shield Portable pictured in FCC documents may never be released
NVIDIA launched an updated version of the NVIDIA Shield Android TV box this month. But what about the company’s other Shield products? The original Shield is an Android-powered handheld game system that was released in 2013, and the Shield Tablet launched a year later. Despite a series of leaks suggesting that new models were on […]
NVIDIA’s next Shield portable to feature Tegra X1 (probably)
Recently we spotted evidence that NVIDIA is getting ready to launch a new version of its Shield Portable handheld game console with new features including 802.11ac WiFi and Android 5.0 software. It seemed like a safe bet at the time that the new model would also get a faster processor than the Tegra 4 chip […]
Next-gen NVIDIA Shield portable game console coming soon
This month NVIDIA announced plans to launch its first video game console designed to live next to your TV. But the new $199 NVIDIA Shield game console might not be the company’s only new Shield device on the way. The 2-year-old NVIDIA Shield handheld game console may be due for an update as well. New listings […]