GeForce NOW for SHIELD TV

NVIDIA

Contains ads

About this app

NVIDIA GeForce NOW™ transforms your device into a powerful PC gaming rig.

Gamers can play PC titles they already own or purchase new games from popular digital stores like Steam, Epic Games Store, Ubisoft Connect, and EA. Access 1500+ games, with more released every GFN Thursday. The catalog also features many of the world’s most-played games, including 100+ free-to-play titles, like Fortnite, Apex Legends, Destiny 2 and more. Play with and against millions of other PC players, and never wait for downloads, installs, patches or updates.

Downloading the app will not give you access to the service. Streaming with GeForce NOW requires a membership. Give PC gaming a try with our free membership. Or join one of our premium memberships for an enhanced experience including faster frame rates, RTX ON, priority access to our gaming servers and extended session lengths. To learn more about membership options, and to sign-up for GeForce NOW, visit our page here: www.geforcenow.com.

Members looking to continue use of GameStream can use Steam Link to stream games directly from their PC. Steam Link is free, supports 4K resolutions, and available for all major devices and platforms including NVIDIA SHIELD.

For an optimal experience, we recommend 5GHz WiFi or Ethernet connection with at least 15Mbps. You can find a full list of system requirements and supported gamepads here: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce-now/system-reqs/

Ratings and reviews

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.

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.

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.

What's new

Various bug fixes and performance enhancements. For more details, go to “Settings” and select “Release Highlights”.