Shield Tv owners, rejoice! Starting today, Nvidia is pushing out the Oreo OTA update to our favorite Android Idiot box box. Along with the latest version of Android, yous'll get a whole host of additional features, including an all new UI. Heady times, indeed.

Shield Feel Upgrade 7.0 (non to be confused with the Android version, viii.0) overhauls the main screen, bringing your apps, shows, music, and games all front and centre. Information technology'south customizable, so you tin tweak to your liking. Everything is separated into rows. The first one, Apps, is pretty self-explanatory, but Play Next is focused on showing you the shows and movies that you haven't finished yet or the games you're working on, and you lot can add titles to this row, likewise.

Here's the official changelog:

  • A Brand New Home Screen: All your amusement is now in one identify with Android viii.0 Oreo. Alive TV, video-on-demand, streaming media, and games - it'due south all at that place and it'south fully customizable!
  • Favorite Apps: You choose the apps and the order! Hold the Select push button on an app to move it. To access all your apps, agree the Home button or select the carmine Apps icon.
  • Play Adjacent: Continue where you left off in TV shows, movies, and games. To add together content to Play Adjacent, navigate to the content and concur the Select button. Note: Not all apps support Play Next.
  • Channels: Notice new entertainment from your favorite apps. You choose the channels and the gild. Navigate left on a channel to move or remove it. Note: Not all apps support Channels.
  • Apps are TV Channels: Organize your favorite apps into a "Telly guide" style layout. Run across shows from each app on the domicile screen.
  • Amazon Prime Video Gets a Big Update: Discovering new shows has never been easier with the new Prime Video user interface. New features include the ability to add and remove shows to your Watchlist and more.
  • PLEX Media Server Expands Storage Options: Your server'southward app data (metadata, background art, and more) can now be moved to USB storage devices. From the PLEX app, get to Settings > Plex Media Server > Storage Location.
  • Sentry Live Sports with ESPN+: Cut the string and sentry live sports on ESPN without a cable plan. The ESPN+ subscription service is at present available on the ESPN app.
  • Enjoy YouTube Red Originals in 4K Ultra Hard disk drive on YouTube TV: Picket original series similar Cobra Kai in 4K. Plus, savor your live sports in full Hd at 60FPS for smooth live action gameplay in peak channels like CBS and NBC.
  • FandangoNOW Offers Huge Selection of Movies in 4K Ultra HD: You tin can at present watch the newest movies including Black Panther in stunning 4K Ultra HD.
  • Enjoy the New SmartThings Hub Update: Sure automations that control Zigbee and Z-wave devices tin now run locally without requiring cloud processing, leading to faster response fourth dimension.
  • Watch CNBC: Stream CNBC's business concern news, financial information, and market place data or log in with your Goggle box service provider to spotter CNBC Live's primetime shows like Mad Coin, Endmost Bell, and Shark Tank.
  • Watch Dish Network: SHIELD is now your Dish Network cable box with the Dish Anywhere app. Admission alive Goggle box, recorded shows, or on-demand movies.
  • Detect your Dream Dwelling house: Search for new homes and view immersive photos and video walkthroughs on your big screen Goggle box.
  • What'south New on Google Banana: Google Assistant Adds 6 New Voices
    • Open Settings -> Preferences on the Google Assistant app on your phone.
  • New smart domicile partners:
    • Arlo cameras
    • Emerson Sensi
    • Ikea Tadfri
    • LG Smart Appliances
    • Scenes back up for Phillips Hue
  • New services:
    • UPS
    • Dunkin' Donuts
    • Lonely Planet Travel Guide
  • New games:
    • Shadowgun Legends
    • Crashlands
    • Morphite
    • Dandara
  • The latest monthly Android security updates
  • Quick access to Settings when you're on the home screen by belongings the Back push
  • Back up for high polling rate gaming mice for NVIDIA GameStream
  • Improved support for game controllers:
    • Customize SHIELD controller thumbstick dead zones (Settings-> Apps-> Input viewer)
    • Xbox 360 and DualShock iv v2 controllers
    • DualShock 4 controllers using USB wireless adapter
  • Adds "Connect" option to re-pair disconnected Bluetooth accessories (Settings->Accessories)
  • Power to connect to Wi-Fi without disconnecting Ethernet (Settings-> Network-> Ethernet)
  • Full general stability fixes on SHIELD remote (2017) and controller (2017)
  • Latest accessory firmware versions:
    • SHIELD controller (2017): v1.24
    • SHIELD controller (2015): v1.96/99/3.71/0.32
    • SHIELD remote (2017): v1.33
    • SHIELD remote (rechargeable): v.i.30

Channels, like Netflix, YouTube, etc, display popular content, opting for easy discovery. The order of which can exist customized, so you can take your more commonly-used apps at the top. Nvidia also mentions some new shortcuts for getting around:

  • Hold Habitation push button to see All Apps
  • Hold Back push to bring up Settings , including Sleep Now
  • Double press Home button to bring up Recent Apps
  • Hold Select push button (or A button on gamepad) on content to add to Play Next.
  • Hold Select button (or A button on gamepad) on apps to move or remove.
  • While on a Channel row, navigate all the way left to move or remove it.

Though it'due south long overdue, Nvidia says that it wanted to accept the time to brand sure that the update not only worked smoothly, simply that it added to the overall experience, surfacing new content for your watching pleasure. Non every app supports Channel and Play Next, but more will be added as time goes on.

The Oreo/Shield Experience 7.0 update will exist rolling out starting today, to finish over the side by side few days. No i volition blame you for anxiously waiting for that oh-and then-sweet notification.

Source: Nvidia (1), (2), (3)

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