NVIDIA: Latest Nvidia Shield update adds Android 11 and other new tricks

With the new Shield Software Experience Upgrade 9.0, the remarkably indestructible Nvidia Shield gets yet another big Android update, including Android 11 and a slew of additional improvements. All Shield set-top boxes are getting the latest update, including the original model from 2015, which came with Android 5.0 Lollipop out of the box.

The popular set-top box now has the distinction of being one of the most updated Android devices ever sold, thanks to the newest upgrade to Android 11. To put that into context, a similar Android phone from 2015 is the Galaxy S6, which never made it through Android Nougat (Android 7.0). The updated Shield software brings several additional perks in addition to upgrading the OS to Android 11.