An interview with Nvidia's senior VP of hardware engineering, Andrew Bell, on continuing to provide Shield Android TV software updates a decade after its launch

“Selfishly a little bit, we built Shield for ourselves.” — It took Android devicemakers a very long time to commit to long-term update support.

Ars Technica 2026-02-01 Ryan Whitwam

@artemr Artem Russakovskii on x
Nice story by @AndroidPolice alum @RyanWhitwam about the @nvidia Shield TV and its endless updates. Sadly, there is no immediate hope for updated hardware, but it's not ruled out either.
@mosheroperandi Keith on bluesky
It is so dumb that no one has put out hardware to challenge the shield's $200 price point that hasn't budged since 2019. — Especially cause I kind of want a second one.
@joadsprocket @joadsprocket on bluesky
I felt like an idiot paying $200 for one of these when it was already a couple of years old, but it's probably one of the best devices I've ever owned.
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