A Decade of Quiet Dedication
While it took until 2024 for Google and Samsung to cautiously promise seven years of updates for their flagship devices, Nvidia was quietly celebrating the Shield TV’s tenth year of support. Launched in 2015, this media box has gone the distance, evolving from Android 5.0 to Android 11 without ever breaking a sweat. Andrew Bell, Nvidia’s Vice President of Hardware Engineering, gave a simple explanation to Ars Technica:
The Shield’s continued support is “a labor of love.”
Born from Startup Dreams, Fueled by Passion
That passion dates back to the project’s very beginnings. Long before Nvidia became the AI and crypto juggernaut it is today, it acted like a hungry startup yearning to build its own console. The Shield was born from that drive: to create a high-performance, premium TV streamer that wasn’t just another cheap HDMI stick—and, crucially, wasn’t tied to the Apple ecosystem.
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