Nvidia Shield Experience Upgrade Android 9 Pie-Notes

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Newest Enhancements:

System

  • Updates "Display and Sounds" advanced setting into two easier to navigate menus
  • Adds ability to access all apps view while "NVIDIA Share" is enabled (long press home while Share is active)
  • Increases volume dynamic range for USB and Bluetooth connected headsets
  • Adds "Disconnect Bluetooth accessories" option to quick settings
  • Adds fan mode options (Cool/Quiet) in Settings > System
  • Adds option to turn off USB power when SHIELD enters sleep mode
  • Adds IR power control options to customize on/off functionality
  • Automatically sets fixed volume output when volume control set to IR or HDMI-CEC
  • Adds rooting feature preventing incorrect images from being flashed to SHIELD
  • Adds optimization phase to SHIELD Experience upgrade, improving system performance immediately after upgrade is applied


Network

  • Adds option to connect to 2.4GHz or 5GHz Wi-Fi network when SSID name is shared (Settings > Network & Internet > Wi-Fi Band)


Video/Display

  • Adds option to match content color space (Settings > Display & Sound > Advanced display settings). Feature formerly in developer options
  • Adds additional refresh rates for 720p resolutions for apps supporting refresh rate switching
  • Adds option to set display to current “safe mode” setting when restarting in safe mode
  • Adds support for all display supported resolutions in “Custom display modes”

SHIELD TV app

  • Improves pairing with Bluetooth assisted discovery
  • Improved latency and performance
  • IP pairing now always available as an option
  • Adds user feedback feature
  • Minor updates to UI

Bug Fixes:

System
  • Fixes bug where focus snaps to top after pressing "back" button
  • Resolves issue where network debugging UI was incorrectly reporting status
  • Fixes issue where HDMI-CEC would wake SHIELD even if disabled
  • Resolves channel detection issues with Hauppauge USB tuners
  • Resolves issue where networking debugging status in developer settings was reporting incorrect info
  • Fixes rare occurrences of USB drives being ejected
  • Fixes rare occurrences corruption/restarts during video playback

Audio

  • Fixes bug where volume would not be restored when using Google Assistant and CEC volume is enabled

Network
  • Resolves low bandwidth issue when streaming from high latency network
  • Improves Wi-Fi disconnect issues that require restart to recover.
  • Resolves unstable network issues when not connected directly to router

Video/Display

  • Resolves Rec. 709 color space issue when undefined by content.
  • Resolves issue where 4K YouTube videos always play at Rec. 2020 color space
  • Fixed bug where cropped HDR content would not enable HDR playback in Emby

Accessories

  • Fixes bug where SHIELD remote with IR blaster may not work after firmware upgrade
  • Fixes issue where SHIELD Controller 2015 would not pair after factory reset
  • Resolves Netflix playback issues when some Bose headphones are paired to SHIELD
  • Resolves issue where SHIELD remotes/controllers would not wake SHIELD

Known Issues prior to release

  • "OK Google" hotword detection may not function immediately after pairing SHIELD Controller (reboot SHIELD to resolve issue)
  • SHIELD Pro: Display may go blank during accessory pairing after factory reset
  • Blank screen observed when connecting RII Mini X1 keyboard USB receiver
  • Rare occurrence where private listening does not enable when inserting headphones in SHIELD remote 2015

Known Issues after release

  • Multiple Streaming apps failing to play for small number of users, netflix errors 116/115. Root cause identified, fix being worked on, will be part of future 8.0+ HotFix Image. To resolve ASAP, Factory Reset will fix it.
  • The match content color space displaying incorrect format. Root caused, fix in testing, will be part of future 8.0+ HotFix Image.
  • Cropped content in Emby not playing in HDR. Bug found with Explayer is confirmed fixed in 8.0 but looks like Emby also needed to make a changed which is fixed in their latest app beta.
  • Can't set the default launcher. We'll add this back in the next release, got missed in the android p transition as we need to make some changes for it to work.
  • VC1 playback not working. Root cause understood, will be part of future 8.0+ HotFix Image.
  • Volume UI with android P too bright, takes too long to disappear. UI reworked, will be part of future 8.0+ HotFix Image
  • Some controllers joysticks snap back to the center at the end of joystick travel. Fix in 8.0+ HotFix Image
  • Youtube 5.1 PCM audio not working
  • IR volume control not working when anything is turned on in accessibility
  • When using Adoped storage, sdcard/InternalStorage not accessible. Root caused, will be part of future 8.0+ HotFix Image
  • Pointer appears in PubG. Will be fixed in next release.
  • System volume (Navigation) sounds lower in Android P/SE8.0 than Android O/SE7.x. Confirmed, reviewing reason for the change, considering to revert.
  • Launcher app Icons zoomed/cropped. Investigating.
  • TV loses sync (no input) on modesets (power on, wake from sleep, refresh/resolution changes). Investigating.

For me it seems to be running faster on all phases!!Enjoy!!
 
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