NVIDIA has posted the changelog for the Android 5.0.1 update to the Shield Tablet. Nothing earth-shattering here with the point increase — "improvements in general UI and app responsiveness" is always a good thing to see, and also not surprising given the state of Lollipop.
It’s worth asking whether it’s a good idea to buy an Android tablet at any price, of course. Unless you’re happy with basic content consumption and app support, you’re likely better off with an iPad. But if you’re already wrapped into the Android ecosystem, want a tablet specifically for gaming, or have a hard price ceiling of $200 and don't want a controller, knock yourself out — the Shield Tablet ticks all those boxes better than anything else.
Maximum PC: Nvidia is voluntarily recalling tens of thousands of Shield Tablets that were sold between July 2014 and July 2015. These include models that were sold in GameStop brick-and-mortar locations, along with online sales at Amazon, BestBuy, GameStop, Newegg, TigerDirect, and other web retailers.
If this was the Ipad that had these recalls, everyone would be bashing apple and making fun of this product.
Not a single comment here and everyone will forget this major major issue.
My Shield Tablet are one of the effected ones by the lithium ion battery issue, gets extremely hot sometimes. All is well, they are replacing the defective ones with brand new ones. In system status, under battery if Y01 is there then your tablets effected by the recall.
Android 5.1.1 is already the talk of the town because it will most likely contain the long-awaited memory leak bug fix which has now been "internally fixed" by Google.
Ok improvement overall but, still apps don't load on boot or restart, takes multiple boots to load certain apps. I'm glad they put Shield Power Control back though I was sick of going into the battery to access it.