8-inch Shield tablet with YO1 bettery

Nvidia has announced a "voluntary recall" of its Shield 8-inch tablet due to a faulty battery that can cause the device to overheat and become a fire hazard.

Content is king

Europeans felt left out when Nvidia's Shield console was launched only in the US. Now, it will be appearing in the Old country in September.

Half-Life 2: Episode Two and ten more games

Nvidia has added a couple of more games to its Shield Hub app store, including Half-Life 2: Episode 2 game.

$199 for 16GB, $299 for 500GB Android TV Pro

Nvidia just launched a product that we use to know as the Shield Console. These are Tegra X1 based products developed under the Shield Console codename. They launched as Shield Android TV in the US. 

Might have a use afterall

A user managed to get the open source Linux operating system Ubuntu running on his Nvidia Shield Tablet.

Product spec appears and disappears

Amazon accidently announced, and then removed Nvidia's new Shield console as well as an unheard of Shield Pro.

With the newest update for Shield Hub app

While it was previously limited to 720p resolution at 60 frames-per-second, Nvidia's latest update for the Shield Hub Android app has now brought support for 1080p@60FPS game streaming to Shield devices.

Adds multi-controller support for select games

Nvidia has updated the games library for Nvidia Shield with three new game titles, as well as added multplayer, multi-controller support for certain games.

Right next to Shield console

Our eagle eyed colleagues have spotted a new devices that is coming from Nvidia, and this might be the first hint of a Shield portable successor. 

Could be a big selling point

One item of note that was missing last night from the press conference announcement of the new Nvidia Shield Android TV platform was support for 4K UHD content.