GeForce NOW for SHIELD TV

A Google user

6 years ago

Thank you Nvidia for listening to your customers and autohiding the intrusive onscreen floating menu on shield portable. I'm very happy to see that you haven't forgotten us who still own your original devices, please keep up the support as there isn't another device out there that matches what you've done with the portable.

Jason Umhoefer

4 years ago

I thought I bought a high end device for a high price. I wanted high performance and customization. Instead I got ads on the home screen, and mediocre Android TV. The only positive thing I can say is it is really fast.

Ivan Vučica

5 years ago

Still supported on Shield Portable — excellent service for existing customers. I have a shield console, too, and would buy an updated shield portable because of game streaming app like this and many other reasons specific to the device (unadulterated Android, good form factor, good battery life).

Ken Mack

4 years ago

Horrible update. I paid for a premium device and got large banner ads including for paid programming on unsubscribed services . Now it looks like the cheap MII box I use in the bedroom. I don't appreciate having advertising rammed down my throat without permission or any warning after paying triple for the device. I've installed another launcher and this will be my last NVIDIA android TV device purchase. This update has made it look like any other Chinese box or Firestick.

A Google user

6 years ago

Love the cloud gaming. Especially the Geforce Now games in their library. They run the smoothest. The Steam games look good too, but sometimes lag. This games app is fine for me and very easy on the navigation side. I'm staying loyal, only the best will do. Well done NVIDIA, keep up the great work.

Brian Fey

4 years ago

I bought an Nvidia Shield to AVOID advertisements of cable and the like. I wanted a media device that would show what I wanted it to show, and play what I wanted it to play. Now I can't turn the thing on without a giant advertisement displayed at the top of the homescreen. Cool, guess I'll go back to just using my HTPC directly.

A Google user

6 years ago

It's amazing but... The removal of support for playing GTA 5 is a huge disappointment. I own a Shield portable and don't ever plan on getting rid of it. I would like to see games added, not removed. The fact that the system is still getting updates is amazing to see imo. Keep up the good work!

Kris Bennett

4 years ago

I just want local game streaming! Old review: Please have an option to remove all of the "online rubbish". Add support for XBox controller rumble ... Also getting this working hassle free seems to be impossible - absolutely horrid experience compared to Steam Link! Have to keep restarting the Nvidia container service. Get green connected light on the Android, only for the connection to fail. Sometimes says that Steam has been moved? Hardly ever works without spending 5+ mins of fiddling! ... Also the "paring" code that comes up on screen rarely works!

Pavol Odlevak

4 years ago

I like it, but there are few annoying issues. It needs to have an option to split native Android games from GeForce now ones, like this, it's a mess. Especially, because of the second most annoying problem - it simply does not show all Android games installed on shield TV (iirc even your own resident evil port) and I have to launch Android games via play games.

A Google user

6 years ago

Using the d-pad to move through games (left to right)in the GUI now often randomly moves UP AND DOWN, making accurate navigation almost impossible. Please fix. UPDATE: The customer service staff have REFUSED to address this (as they do not understand the problem), insisting that it is an official Nvidia controller problem (while refusing to pass my concerns onto the developers of this app).

András Gerlits

4 years ago

I was an early adopter and have subscribed to the service as soon as it was available. There have always been some issues which were very annoying, like having to log in to Steam each time I started a game, but I learned to live with those. Recently however, the service has been unusable with their network diagnostics tool telling me the same thing. The latency at peak times makes any game unplayable and they'll also tell you this much. Now, originally I considered this service to be an alternative to having to buy a proper gaming rig. I'm not into competitive PvP stuff anyway, so the somewhat higher latency was a tradeoff I could live with. This however, is a deal-breaker. I understand that infrastructure is under heavy load during peak times during a quarantine, but I don't think I'm asking too much when I say that those are exactly the times I would like to play my games, so the app is no longer fit for purpose. Please fix this, or at least give us the improved input-lag fixes PC users can configure for themselves on Android.

DaSpScEk

4 years ago

If I could give it zero stars, I would. The latest abomination of a front end after buying two Premium, i.e. expensive, devices is a travesty of UI design. I bought a top of the range device and expected a top of the range UI. Next step is to modify the front end that will leave it looking like a device that costs far less.

A Google user

6 years ago

I'm playing on an Nvidia Shield Portable, and this app since the latest update has now rendered most gamestreaming impossible. Firstly is the ridiculous floating touch button top right of the screen which can't be removed, but more importantly the back button now doesn't work, which in most games is some sort of map or menu, and without this functionality its impossible. Needs fixing.

Charanos

4 years ago

I love the Nvidia Shield, but the move to Android TV as the home screen is almost a deal breaker- it's blatant advertising pretending to be "recommendations" with no option to retain the previous home screen, which was fine. Now you have to install a third party amateurish looking loader. The home screen in the above screenshots is no longer there. Totally unimpressed. 0 stars!

A Google user

6 years ago

Works pretty well for me, played a few games and they work great most of the time. There are issues when you play a steam game with a usb adaptor plugged in (mouse and keyboard in the usb adaptor ports) i.e. the app crashes all the time, just mouse or keyboard with no usb adaptor (for extra ports) works fine. Good range of games, no downloads - woohoo.

Colin Gibson

4 years ago

Each new change to the OS brings more unwanted changes and performance slow downs. I didn't buy an apple device so why am I getting the same type of behavior as one!? Also it seems to be less stable upon each update not more which is just annoying. I have to restart the box about once a week at least to get some streaming app to start working again.

Doug Stewart

4 years ago

Honestly, I'd call this a 3-star app due to missing features (I can't search content across multiple apps, recommended next viewing is often buggy and gets stuck, etc) but now they have ads on the home screen. Ads. I paid for this device. It was NOT cheap. I would like a partial refund of my device, please. If not, TURN. OFF. THE. ADS. And don't call them "Recommendations". They're ads. If I don't have a service and you recommend it because someone paid you... THAT IS AN AD. That might actually be the literal definition of an ad.