At CES 2017, NVIDIA introduced the new generation of their acclaimed Android console, Nvidia Shield TV 2017. According to NVIDIA, the console is the ultimate media streaming device. It will be available in two versions: Shield – with flash module and a storage capacity of 16 GB and Shield Pro – with a storage capacity of 500 GB.
The “heart” of the device is the NVIDIA Tegra X1. This chip has 8 ARM Cortex-A53 cores and four energy-efficient Cortex-A57 cores. The NVIDIA Maxwell graphic chip is also present on board. 3GB of RAM are available. As expected, inside the box we also find Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.1 / BLE, Gigabit Ethernet LAN, HDMI 2.0b interface and USB 3.0 Type-A (x2).
Nvidia Shield TV 2017 runs on Android. Integrated Google Voice Search allows you to quickly perform the necessary actions. It costs $199.