Nvidia added a buggy Android 11 update to its Shield TV lineup

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Nvidia’s Shield TV, the best streaming player for home theater experts and gamers, pictured on a table.

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When Nvidia announced the rollout of the Shield Experience 9.0 (Android 11) update for its Android TV devices, we were impressed by the simple fact that it would include Shield TV models dating back to 2015 — but the buzz was short-lived as many owners are reporting major bugs on even the latest models.

As 9to5Google reports, people that ran the update on their Shield TVs lost access to their Plex media servers — a popular use case for the devices thanks to their powerful processor and a USB port that supports storage devices.

Well upgraded my shield to 9.0 wish I hadn't now not very happy!!! pic.twitter.com/WejE0v1ebk

— Justin Greatrix (@Hotwire147) January 14, 2022

Nvidia is taking action on the matter: it posted a support page...

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