NVIDIA Shield Tablet soon with the new Android 5.0 Lollipop
” Shield Tablet will be one of the first tablets to be equipped with the new version of Google’s operating system. ” NVIDIA has released a number of new announcements about his Shield tablet, including the confirmation of the release date for the Android 5.0 Lollipop update , news on the upcoming expansion of the service to stream game GRID and details about new games designed to run properly on Shield Tablet.
NVIDIA plans to offer the operating system update on November 18, which makes Shield Tablet one of the first tablet to be equipped with the new version of the operating system. NVIDIA was very quick to implement the update: even if the Shield Tablet is not the first device to switch to Lollipop, it is a complex solution and with different advanced software in its interior, such as the Hub Shield, whose conversion to the new version is not so immediate.
Along with the arrival of Lollipop, NVIDIA updates the application Dabbler, which is pre-installed in the device, bringing it to version 2.0. Dabbler is a drawing application designed to enhance the stylus included with the tablet, which uses a series of optimization software based Tegra K1 on Shield Tablet to deliver drawings as realistic as possible.
With Dabbler 2.0 NVIDIA introduces support for multi-level images, a new user interface that blends better with the visual style of the Lollipop and integration with Twitch, which allows users to instantly share their creations.
NVIDIA also announced a new bundle for the 32GB model / LTE, which will be included in a free ” Green Box ” which contains Half-Life 2 and Valve’s Portal, two of the best games optimized for the Shield tablet, which has so far state can only be accessed for a fee. In addition, along with Valve, has announced that Half-Life 2: Episode One is now available in the Shield Hub, deeply optimized for tablet Shield. Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath, Pure Pool Strike Suit Zero are also new titles Google Play you can play without any problems interfacing and exploiting the full potential graphic of the Shield tablet.
And there are news about the expansion of the cloud gaming service GRID. Based on the feedback received from the beta that NVIDIA has led the United States with servers located in San Jose, California, the manufacturer says now of being able to make the first GRID service capable of transmitting the games with no loss of quality and with the input lag as low as possible on devices that normally would not be able to process them. The service currently operates more than 20 titles, including Batman Arkham City, Borderlands 2 and Psychonauts. NVIDIA is committed to adding new games every week.
In addition, the beta GRID will arrive in other areas besides California: North America by the end of this month and in Europe in December. Then he will land in Asia, specifically in the second quarter of 2015. You can access it via Shield Tablet and through the original Shield Portable, free of charge until 30 June 2015.
