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Nvidia released an update to its Shield Android TV device today that introduces Android 6.0 Marshmallow to the device. The company also revealed the new update features drivers for the just released Vulkan graphics API.

Nvidia first revealed the new Shield Android TV updates to us at CES in January. In addition to updating the OS to Android 6.0 Marshmallow, the new version of SHIELD Android TV will let you increase your storage capacity with removable media, and customize the home screen to your liking. Nvidia also said you can now access the power menu on the home screen by holding the "Back" button down until the menu appears.

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Kevin Carbotte is a contributing writer for Tom's Hardware who primarily covers VR and AR hardware. He has been writing for us for more than four years.

4 Comments Comment from the forums

derekullo

"The latest update for Shield Android TV is fully complaint with the Vulkan graphics API from the Khronos Group. "

Freudian slip?
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kcarbotte

17548292 said:
"The latest update for Shield Android TV is fully complaint with the Vulkan graphics API from the Khronos Group. "

Freudian slip?

lol.
definately a typo.
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Orions_1

Warning if you're using the Gamesome app. After the update It messes up your configuration because it changes the folder location of your USB stick. It can't be fixed either because Gamesome crashes when you try to go back to the parent folder. Hopefully when Gamesone updates it'll get fixed.

One other I don't like is that you still can't move data to the SD Card. So if you sideload an app with data. Especially large data. It still goes on the Internal HDD taking up storage space. You can move the app to the SD Card but it only moves the tiny portion installed from the apk file. Data will not be moved to the SD Card.
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ohim

Oh the irony in this .. Vulkan has a lot of Mantle API code from AMD and they didn`t want to support Mantle ... Nvidia is like the envious kid from the school.
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